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25 | .\" References consulted: | |
26 | .\" Linux libc source code | |
27 | .\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) | |
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29 | .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:26:03 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) | |
c973f769 | 30 | .TH GETPROTOENT 3 2008-08-19 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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31 | .SH NAME |
32 | getprotoent, getprotobyname, getprotobynumber, setprotoent, | |
33 | endprotoent \- get protocol entry | |
34 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
35 | .nf | |
36 | .B #include <netdb.h> | |
37 | .sp | |
38 | .B struct protoent *getprotoent(void); | |
39 | .sp | |
40 | .BI "struct protoent *getprotobyname(const char *" name ); | |
41 | .sp | |
42 | .BI "struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int " proto ); | |
43 | .sp | |
44 | .BI "void setprotoent(int " stayopen ); | |
45 | .sp | |
46 | .B void endprotoent(void); | |
47 | .fi | |
48 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
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49 | The |
50 | .BR getprotoent () | |
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51 | function reads the next entry from the protocols database (see |
52 | .BR protocols (5)) | |
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53 | and returns a |
54 | .I protoent | |
55 | structure | |
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56 | containing the broken-out fields from the entry. |
57 | A connection is opened to the database if necessary. | |
fea681da | 58 | .PP |
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59 | The |
60 | .BR getprotobyname () | |
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61 | function returns a |
62 | .I protoent | |
63 | structure | |
8dea53c5 | 64 | for the entry from the database |
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65 | that matches the protocol name |
66 | .IR name . | |
8dea53c5 | 67 | A connection is opened to the database if necessary. |
fea681da | 68 | .PP |
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69 | The |
70 | .BR getprotobynumber () | |
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71 | function returns a |
72 | .I protoent | |
73 | structure | |
8dea53c5 | 74 | for the entry from the database |
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75 | that matches the protocol number |
76 | .IR number . | |
8dea53c5 | 77 | A connection is opened to the database if necessary. |
fea681da | 78 | .PP |
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79 | The |
80 | .BR setprotoent () | |
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81 | function opens a connection to the database, |
82 | and sets the next entry to the first entry. | |
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83 | If |
84 | .I stayopen | |
85 | is nonzero, | |
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86 | then the connection to the database |
87 | will not be closed between calls to one of the | |
88 | .BR getproto* () | |
89 | functions. | |
fea681da | 90 | .PP |
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91 | The |
92 | .BR endprotoent () | |
8dea53c5 | 93 | function closes the connection to the database. |
fea681da | 94 | .PP |
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95 | The |
96 | .I protoent | |
97 | structure is defined in | |
98 | .I <netdb.h> | |
99 | as follows: | |
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fea681da | 102 | .nf |
fea681da | 103 | struct protoent { |
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104 | char *p_name; /* official protocol name */ |
105 | char **p_aliases; /* alias list */ | |
106 | int p_proto; /* protocol number */ | |
fea681da | 107 | } |
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a08ea57c | 109 | .in |
fea681da | 110 | .PP |
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111 | The members of the |
112 | .I protoent | |
113 | structure are: | |
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114 | .TP |
115 | .I p_name | |
116 | The official name of the protocol. | |
117 | .TP | |
118 | .I p_aliases | |
8dea53c5 | 119 | A NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the protocol. |
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120 | .TP |
121 | .I p_proto | |
122 | The protocol number. | |
47297adb | 123 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
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124 | The |
125 | .BR getprotoent (), | |
126 | .BR getprotobyname () | |
127 | and | |
128 | .BR getprotobynumber () | |
b5991a6e | 129 | functions return a pointer to a |
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130 | statically allocated |
131 | .I protoent | |
b437fdd9 | 132 | structure, or a null pointer if an |
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133 | error occurs or the end of the file is reached. |
134 | .SH FILES | |
135 | .PD 0 | |
136 | .TP | |
137 | .I /etc/protocols | |
138 | protocol database file | |
139 | .PD | |
47297adb | 140 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
68e1685c | 141 | 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. |
47297adb | 142 | .SH SEE ALSO |
fea681da | 143 | .BR getnetent (3), |
a3aef2a2 | 144 | .BR getprotoent_r (3), |
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145 | .BR getservent (3), |
146 | .BR protocols (5) |