From 39e6e65a2c5a3312f365d59f23c469641e049c82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Sherrill Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:32:28 +0000 Subject: Base files --- c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getnetent.3 | 158 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 158 insertions(+) create mode 100644 c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getnetent.3 (limited to 'c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getnetent.3') diff --git a/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getnetent.3 b/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getnetent.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8fb13c0b75 --- /dev/null +++ b/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getnetent.3 @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +.\" 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. 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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. +.\" +.\" @(#)getnetent.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt GETNETENT 3 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm getnetent , +.Nm getnetbyaddr , +.Nm getnetbyname , +.Nm setnetent , +.Nm endnetent +.Nd get network entry +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include +.Ft struct netent * +.Fn getnetent void +.Ft struct netent * +.Fn getnetbyname "const char *name" +.Ft struct netent * +.Fn getnetbyaddr "unsigned long net" "int type" +.Ft void +.Fn setnetent "int stayopen" +.Ft void +.Fn endnetent void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getnetent , +.Fn getnetbyname , +and +.Fn getnetbyaddr +functions +each return a pointer to an object with the +following structure +containing the broken-out +fields of a line in the network data base, +.Pa /etc/networks . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +struct netent { + char *n_name; /* official name of net */ + char **n_aliases; /* alias list */ + int n_addrtype; /* net number type */ + unsigned long n_net; /* net number */ +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The members of this structure are: +.Bl -tag -width n_addrtype +.It Fa n_name +The official name of the network. +.It Fa n_aliases +A zero terminated list of alternate names for the network. +.It Fa n_addrtype +The type of the network number returned; currently only AF_INET. +.It Fa n_net +The network number. Network numbers are returned in machine byte +order. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn getnetent +function +reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary. +.Pp +The +.Fn setnetent +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 getnetbyname +or +.Fn getnetbyaddr . +.Pp +The +.Fn endnetent +function +closes the file. +.Pp +The +.Fn getnetbyname +function +and +.Fn getnetbyaddr +sequentially search from the beginning +of the file until a matching +net name or +net address and type is found, +or until +.Dv EOF +is encountered. The +.Fa type +must be +.Dv AF_INET . +Network numbers are supplied in host order. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/networks -compact +.It Pa /etc/networks +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Null pointer +(0) returned on +.Dv EOF +or error. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr networks 5 +.Pp +.%T RFC 1101 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getnetent , +.Fn getnetbyaddr , +.Fn getnetbyname , +.Fn setnetent , +and +.Fn endnetent +functions appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +The data space used by +these functions is static; if future use requires the data, it should be +copied before any subsequent calls to these functions overwrite it. +Only Internet network +numbers are currently understood. +Expecting network numbers to fit +in no more than 32 bits is probably +naive. -- cgit v1.2.3