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.\" Modified 1999 by Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>.
.\" Removed most stuff because it is in socket.7 now.
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-.TH GETSOCKOPT 2 2008-12-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETSOCKOPT 2 2014-04-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getsockopt, setsockopt \- get and set options on sockets
.SH SYNOPSIS
For a description of the available socket options see
.BR socket (7)
and the appropriate protocol man pages.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
The argument
.I sockfd
is a file, not a socket.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+.SH CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.4BSD (these system calls first appeared in 4.2BSD),
POSIX.1-2001.
.\" SVr4 documents additional ENOMEM and ENOSR error codes, but does
.SH BUGS
Several of the socket options should be handled at lower levels of the
system.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ioctl (2),
.BR socket (2),
.BR getprotoent (3),
.BR protocols (5),
+.BR ip (7),
+.BR packet (7),
.BR socket (7),
.BR tcp (7),
+.BR udp (7),
.BR unix (7)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.