[Chapter 3] 3.2.54 getpeername
Author: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1999-07-02T01:50:24Z

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| Chapter 3 Functions |

### 3.2.54 getpeername

    getpeername SOCKET

This function returns the packed socket address of other end of the `SOCKET` connection. For example:

    use Socket;
    $hersockaddr = getpeername SOCK;
    ($port, $heraddr) = unpack_sockaddr_in($hersockaddr);
    $herhostname = gethostbyaddr($heraddr, AF_INET);
    $herstraddr = inet_ntoa($heraddr);

3.2.53 getnetent |  | 3.2.55 getpgrp