.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.5 .\" .TH "mysql_get_socket" "3" "" "Version 3.3" "MariaDB Connector/C" .SS Name mysql_get_socket \- Returns the descriptor of the socket used for the current connection .SS Synopsis .IP .EX #include \f[B]\f[R] my_socket mysql_get_socket(MYSQL * mysql); .EE .SS Description Returns the descriptor of the socket used for the current connection. .SS Parameter .IP \[bu] 2 \f[CR]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 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]