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diff --git a/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getservent.3 b/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getservent.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..79c18a3beb --- /dev/null +++ b/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getservent.3 @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" From: @(#)getservent.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/12/94 +.\" $Id$ +.\" +.Dd July 9, 1995 +.Dt GETSERVENT 3 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm getservent , +.Nm getservbyport , +.Nm getservbyname , +.Nm setservent , +.Nm endservent +.Nd get service entry +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <netdb.h> +.Ft struct servent * +.Fn getservent +.Ft struct servent * +.Fn getservbyname "const char *name" "const char *proto" +.Ft struct servent * +.Fn getservbyport "int port" "const char *proto" +.Ft void +.Fn setservent "int stayopen" +.Ft void +.Fn endservent void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getservent , +.Fn getservbyname , +and +.Fn getservbyport +functions +each return a pointer to an object with the +following structure +containing the broken-out +fields of a line in the network services data base, +.Pa /etc/services . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +struct servent { + char *s_name; /* official name of service */ + char **s_aliases; /* alias list */ + int s_port; /* port service resides at */ + char *s_proto; /* protocol to use */ +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The members of this structure are: +.Bl -tag -width s_aliases +.It Fa s_name +The official name of the service. +.It Fa s_aliases +A zero terminated list of alternate names for the service. +.It Fa s_port +The port number at which the service resides. +Port numbers are returned in network byte order. +.It Fa s_proto +The name of the protocol to use when contacting the +service. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn getservent +function +reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary. +.Pp +The +.Fn setservent +function +opens and rewinds the file. If the +.Fa stayopen +flag is non-zero, +the net data base will not be closed after each call to +.Fn getservbyname +or +.Fn getservbyport . +.Pp +The +.Fn endservent +function +closes the file. +.Pp +The +.Fn getservbyname +and +.Fn getservbyport +functions +sequentially search from the beginning +of the file until a matching +protocol name or +port number is found, +or until +.Dv EOF +is encountered. +If a protocol name is also supplied (non- +.Dv NULL ) , +searches must also match the protocol. +.ne 1i +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact +.It Pa /etc/services +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Null pointer +(0) returned on +.Dv EOF +or error. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getprotoent 3 , +.Xr services 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getservent , +.Fn getservbyport , +.Fn getservbyname , +.Fn setservent , +and +.Fn endservent +functions appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +These functions use static data storage; +if the data is needed for future use, it should be +copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it. +Expecting port numbers to fit in a 32 bit +quantity is probably naive. |