.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.5 .\" .TH "mysql_get_socket" "3" "" "Version 3.2.2" "MariaDB Connector/C" .hy .SS Name .PP mysql_get_socket \- Returns the descriptor of the socket used for the current connection .SS Synopsis .IP .nf \f[C] #include my_socket mysql_get_socket(MYSQL * mysql); \f[R] .fi .SS Description .PP Returns the descriptor of the socket used for the current connection. .SS Parameter .IP \[bu] 2 \f[C]mysql\f[R] \- a mysql handle, which was previously allocated by \f[B]mysql_init(3)\f[R] and connected by \f[B]mysql_real_connect(3)\f[R]. .SS Return value .PP A socket handle or INVALID_SOCKET (\-1) if the socket descriptor could not be determined, e.g.\ if the connection doesn\[cq]t use a socket connection. .SS See also .IP \[bu] 2 \f[B]mysql_real_connect(3)\f[R]