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zmq_getsockopt(3)
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NAME
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zmq_getsockopt - get 0MQ socket options


SYNOPSIS
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*int zmq_getsockopt (void '*socket', int 'option_name', void '*option_value', size_t '*option_len');*


DESCRIPTION
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The _zmq_getsockopt()_ function shall retrieve the value for the option
specified by the 'option_name' argument for the 0MQ socket pointed to by the
'socket' argument, and store it in the buffer pointed to by the 'option_value'
argument. The 'option_len' argument is the size in bytes of the buffer pointed
to by 'option_value'; upon successful completion _zmq_getsockopt()_ shall
modify the 'option_len' argument to indicate the actual size of the option
value stored in the buffer.

The following options can be retrieved with the _zmq_getsockopt()_ function:


ZMQ_TYPE: Retrieve socket type
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_TYPE' option shall retrieve the socket type for the specified
'socket'.  The socket type is specified at socket creation time and
cannot be modified afterwards.

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Option value type:: int
Option value unit:: N/A
Default value:: N/A
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_RCVMORE: More message parts to follow
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RCVMORE' option shall return a boolean value indicating if the
multi-part message currently being read from the specified 'socket' has more
message parts to follow. If there are no message parts to follow or if the
message currently being read is not a multi-part message a value of zero shall
be returned. Otherwise, a value of 1 shall be returned.

Refer to linkzmq:zmq_send[3] and linkzmq:zmq_recv[3] for a detailed description
of sending/receiving multi-part messages.

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Option value type:: int64_t
Option value unit:: boolean
Default value:: N/A
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_HWM: Retrieve high water mark
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_HWM' option shall retrieve the high water mark for the specified
'socket'.  The high water mark is a hard limit on the maximum number of
outstanding messages 0MQ shall queue in memory for any single peer that the
specified 'socket' is communicating with.

If this limit has been reached the socket shall enter an exceptional state and
depending on the socket type, 0MQ shall take appropriate action such as
blocking or dropping sent messages. Refer to the individual socket descriptions
in linkzmq:zmq_socket[3] for details on the exact action taken for each socket
type.

The default 'ZMQ_HWM' value of zero means "no limit".

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Option value type:: uint64_t
Option value unit:: messages
Default value:: 0
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_SWAP: Retrieve disk offload size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_SWAP' option shall retrieve the disk offload (swap) size for the
specified 'socket'. A socket which has 'ZMQ_SWAP' set to a non-zero value may
exceed it's high water mark; in this case outstanding messages shall be
offloaded to storage on disk rather than held in memory.

The value of 'ZMQ_SWAP' defines the maximum size of the swap space in bytes.

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Option value type:: int64_t
Option value unit:: bytes
Default value:: 0
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_AFFINITY: Retrieve I/O thread affinity
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_AFFINITY' option shall retrieve the I/O thread affinity for newly
created connections on the specified 'socket'.

Affinity determines which threads from the 0MQ I/O thread pool associated with
the socket's _context_ shall handle newly created connections.  A value of zero
specifies no affinity, meaning that work shall be distributed fairly among all
0MQ I/O threads in the thread pool. For non-zero values, the lowest bit
corresponds to thread 1, second lowest bit to thread 2 and so on.  For example,
a value of 3 specifies that subsequent connections on 'socket' shall be handled
exclusively by I/O threads 1 and 2.

See also linkzmq:zmq_init[3] for details on allocating the number of I/O
threads for a specific _context_.

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Option value type:: uint64_t
Option value unit:: N/A (bitmap)
Default value:: 0
Applicable socket types:: N/A


ZMQ_IDENTITY: Retrieve socket identity
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_IDENTITY' option shall retrieve the identity of the specified
'socket'. Socket identity determines if existing 0MQ infrastructure (_message
queues_, _forwarding devices_) shall be identified with a specific application
and persist across multiple runs of the application.

If the socket has no identity, each run of an application is completely
separate from other runs. However, with identity set the socket shall re-use
any existing 0MQ infrastructure configured by the previous run(s). Thus the
application may receive messages that were sent in the meantime, _message
queue_ limits shall be shared with previous run(s) and so on.

Identity can be at least one byte and at most 255 bytes long. Identities
starting with binary zero are reserved for use by 0MQ infrastructure.

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Option value type:: binary data
Option value unit:: N/A
Default value:: NULL
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_RATE: Retrieve multicast data rate
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RATE' option shall retrieve the maximum send or receive data rate for
multicast transports using the specified 'socket'.

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Option value type:: int64_t
Option value unit:: kilobits per second
Default value:: 100
Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports


ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL: Get multicast recovery interval
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL' option shall retrieve the recovery interval for
multicast transports using the specified 'socket'.  The recovery interval
determines the maximum time in seconds that a receiver can be absent from a
multicast group before unrecoverable data loss will occur.

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Option value type:: int64_t
Option value unit:: seconds
Default value:: 10
Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports


ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL_MSEC: Get multicast recovery interval in milliseconds
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL'_MSEC option shall retrieve the recovery interval, in
milliseconds, for multicast transports using the specified 'socket'.  The
recovery interval determines the maximum time in seconds that a receiver
can be absent from a multicast group before unrecoverable data loss will
occur.

For backward compatibility, the default value of 'ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL_MSEC' is
-1 indicating that the recovery interval should be obtained from the
'ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL' option. However, if the 'ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL_MSEC' value is
not zero, then it will take precedence, and be used.

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Option value type:: int64_t
Option value unit:: milliseconds
Default value:: -1
Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports


ZMQ_SNDBUF: Retrieve kernel transmit buffer size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_SNDBUF' option shall retrieve the underlying kernel transmit buffer
size for the specified 'socket'. A value of zero means that the OS default is
in effect. For details refer to your operating system documentation for the
'SO_SNDBUF' socket option.

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Option value type:: uint64_t
Option value unit:: bytes
Default value:: 0
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_RCVBUF: Retrieve kernel receive buffer size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RCVBUF' option shall retrieve the underlying kernel receive buffer
size for the specified 'socket'. A value of zero means that the OS default is
in effect. For details refer to your operating system documentation for the
'SO_RCVBUF' socket option.

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Option value type:: uint64_t
Option value unit:: bytes
Default value:: 0
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_LINGER: Retrieve linger period for socket shutdown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_LINGER' option shall retrieve the linger period for the specified
'socket'.  The linger period determines how long pending messages which have
yet to be sent to a peer shall linger in memory after a socket is closed with
linkzmq:zmq_close[3], and further affects the termination of the socket's
context with linkzmq:zmq_term[3]. The following outlines the different
behaviours:

* The default value of '-1' specifies an infinite linger period. Pending
  messages shall not be discarded after a call to _zmq_close()_; attempting to
  terminate the socket's context with _zmq_term()_ shall block until all
  pending messages have been sent to a peer.

* The value of '0' specifies no linger period. Pending messages shall be
  discarded immediately when the socket is closed with _zmq_close()_.

* Positive values specify an upper bound for the linger period in milliseconds.
  Pending messages shall not be discarded after a call to _zmq_close()_;
  attempting to terminate the socket's context with _zmq_term()_ shall block
  until either all pending messages have been sent to a peer, or the linger
  period expires, after which any pending messages shall be discarded.

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Option value type:: int
Option value unit:: milliseconds
Default value:: -1 (infinite)
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL: Retrieve reconnection interval
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL' option shall retrieve the initial reconnection interval
for the specified 'socket'.  The reconnection interval is the period 0MQ shall
wait between attempts to reconnect disconnected peers when using
connection-oriented transports.

NOTE: The reconnection interval may be randomized by 0MQ to prevent
reconnection storms in topologies with a large number of peers per socket.

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Option value type:: int
Option value unit:: milliseconds
Default value:: 100
Applicable socket types:: all, only for connection-oriented transports


ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL_MAX: Retrieve maximum reconnection interval
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL_MAX' option shall retrieve the maximum reconnection 
interval for the specified 'socket'.  This is the maximum period 0MQ shall wait 
between attempts to reconnect. On each reconnect attempt, the previous interval 
shall be doubled untill ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL_MAX is reached. This allows for 
exponential backoff strategy. Default value means no exponential backoff is 
performed and reconnect interval calculations are only based on ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL.

NOTE:  Values less than ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL will be ignored.

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Option value type:: int
Option value unit:: milliseconds
Default value:: 0 (only use ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL)
Applicable socket types:: all, only for connection-oriented transport


ZMQ_BACKLOG: Retrieve maximum length of the queue of outstanding connections
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_BACKLOG' option shall retrieve the maximum length of the queue of
outstanding peer connections for the specified 'socket'; this only applies to
connection-oriented transports. For details refer to your operating system
documentation for the 'listen' function.

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Option value type:: int
Option value unit:: connections
Default value:: 100
Applicable socket types:: all, only for connection-oriented transports


ZMQ_MAXMSGSIZE: Maximum acceptable inbound message size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The options shall retrieve limit for the inbound messages. If a peer sends
a message larger than ZMQ_MAXMSGSIZE it is disconnected. Value of -1 means
'no limit'.

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Option value type:: int64_t
Option value unit:: bytes
Default value:: -1
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_FD: Retrieve file descriptor associated with the socket
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_FD' option shall retrieve the file descriptor associated with the
specified 'socket'. The returned file descriptor can be used to integrate the
socket into an existing event loop; the 0MQ library shall signal any pending
events on the socket in an _edge-triggered_ fashion by making the file
descriptor become ready for reading.

NOTE: The ability to read from the returned file descriptor does not
necessarily indicate that messages are available to be read from, or can be
written to, the underlying socket; applications must retrieve the actual event
state with a subsequent retrieval of the 'ZMQ_EVENTS' option.

CAUTION: The returned file descriptor is intended for use with a 'poll' or
similar system call only. Applications must never attempt to read or write data
to it directly, neither should they try to close it.

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Option value type:: int on POSIX systems, SOCKET on Windows
Option value unit:: N/A
Default value:: N/A
Applicable socket types:: all


ZMQ_EVENTS: Retrieve socket event state
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_EVENTS' option shall retrieve the event state for the specified
'socket'.  The returned value is a bit mask constructed by OR'ing a combination
of the following event flags:

*ZMQ_POLLIN*::
Indicates that at least one message may be received from the specified socket
without blocking.

*ZMQ_POLLOUT*::
Indicates that at least one message may be sent to the specified socket without
blocking.

The combination of a file descriptor returned by the 'ZMQ_FD' option being
ready for reading but no actual events returned by a subsequent retrieval of
the 'ZMQ_EVENTS' option is valid; applications should simply ignore this case
and restart their polling operation/event loop.

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Option value type:: uint32_t
Option value unit:: N/A (flags)
Default value:: N/A
Applicable socket types:: all


RETURN VALUE
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The _zmq_getsockopt()_ function shall return zero if successful. Otherwise it
shall return `-1` and set 'errno' to one of the values defined below.


ERRORS
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*EINVAL*::
The requested option _option_name_ is unknown, or the requested _option_len_ or
_option_value_ is invalid, or the size of the buffer pointed to by
_option_value_, as specified by _option_len_, is insufficient for storing the
option value.
*ETERM*::
The 0MQ 'context' associated with the specified 'socket' was terminated.
*EFAULT*::
The provided 'socket' was not valid (NULL).
*EINTR*::
The operation was interrupted by delivery of a signal.


EXAMPLE
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.Retrieving the high water mark
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/* Retrieve high water mark into hwm */
int64_t hwm;
size_t hwm_size = sizeof (hwm);
rc = zmq_getsockopt (socket, ZMQ_HWM, &hwm, &hwm_size);
assert (rc == 0);
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SEE ALSO
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linkzmq:zmq_setsockopt[3]
linkzmq:zmq_socket[3]
linkzmq:zmq[7]


AUTHORS
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The 0MQ documentation was written by Martin Sustrik <sustrik@250bpm.com> and
Martin Lucina <mato@kotelna.sk>.