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GETRPCENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETRPCENT(3)
getrpcent, getrpcbyname, getrpcbynumber, setrpcent, endrpcent - get RPC entry
#include <netdb.h>
struct rpcent *getrpcent(void);
struct rpcent *getrpcbyname(char *name);
struct rpcent *getrpcbynumber(int number);
void setrpcent(int stayopen);
void endrpcent(void);
getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber() each return a pointer to an
object with the following structure containing the broken-out fields of an
entry in the RPC program number data base.
struct rpcent {
char *r_name; /* name of server for this RPC program */
char **r_aliases; /* alias list */
long r_number; /* RPC program number */
};
The members of this structure are:
r_name The name of the server for this RPC program.
r_aliases A NULL-terminated list of alternate names for the RPC program.
r_number The RPC program number for this service.
getrpcent() reads the next entry from the database. A connection is opened to
the database if necessary.
setrpcent() function opens a connection to the database, and sets the next
entry to the first entry. If stayopen is nonzero, then the connection to the
database will not be closed between calls to one of the getrpc*() functions.
The endrpcent() function closes the connection to the database.
getrpcbyname() and getrpcbynumber() sequentially search from the beginning of
the file until a matching RPC program name or program number is found, or
until end-of-file is encountered.
On success, getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber() return a pointer
to a statically allocated rpcent structure. A NULL pointer is returned on EOF
or error.
/etc/rpc
RPC program number database.
Not in POSIX.1-2001. Present on the BSDs, Solaris, and many other systems.
All information is contained in a static area so it must be copied if it is to
be saved.
getrpcent_r(3), rpc(5), rpcinfo(8), ypserv(8)
This page is part of release 3.32 of the Linux man-pages project. A
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at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
2008-08-19 GETRPCENT(3)
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