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# fpgetpeername

Return the name (address) of the connected peer.

## Declaration

Source position: socketsh.inc line 167

`function fpgetpeername(`
`s: cint;`
`name: psockaddr;`
`namelen: pSockLen`
`):cint;`

## Description

fpGetPeerName returns the name of the entity connected to the specified socket S. The Socket must be connected for this call to work.

Name should point to enough space to store the name, the amount of space pointed to should be set in Namelen. When the function returns successfully, Name will be filled with the name, and Name will be set to the length of Name.

## Errors

Errors are reported in SocketError, and include the following:

ESockEBADF
  The socket descriptor is invalid.
ESockENOBUFS
  The system doesn't have enough buffers to perform the operation.
ESockENOTSOCK
  The descriptor is not a socket.
ESockEFAULT
  Addr points outside your address space.
ESockENOTCONN
  The socket isn't connected.

## See also

fpConnect |  | Open a connection to a server socket.
fpSocket |  | Create new socket