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/getprotoent.3 | 146 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 146 insertions(+) create mode 100644 c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getprotoent.3 (limited to 'c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getprotoent.3') diff --git a/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getprotoent.3 b/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getprotoent.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dbf3d1a1c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/c/src/exec/libnetworking/libc/getprotoent.3 @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" @(#)getprotoent.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt GETPROTOENT 3 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm getprotoent , +.Nm getprotobynumber , +.Nm getprotobyname , +.Nm setprotoent , +.Nm endprotoent +.Nd get protocol entry +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include +.Ft struct protoent * +.Fn getprotoent void +.Ft struct protoent * +.Fn getprotobyname "const char *name" +.Ft struct protoent * +.Fn getprotobynumber "int proto" +.Ft void +.Fn setprotoent "int stayopen" +.Ft void +.Fn endprotoent void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getprotoent , +.Fn getprotobyname , +and +.Fn getprotobynumber +functions +each return a pointer to an object with the +following structure +containing the broken-out +fields of a line in the network protocol data base, +.Pa /etc/protocols . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +.Pp +struct protoent { + char *p_name; /* official name of protocol */ + char **p_aliases; /* alias list */ + int p_proto; /* protocol number */ +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The members of this structure are: +.Bl -tag -width p_aliases +.It Fa p_name +The official name of the protocol. +.It Fa p_aliases +A zero terminated list of alternate names for the protocol. +.It Fa p_proto +The protocol number. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn getprotoent +function +reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary. +.Pp +The +.Fn setprotoent +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 getprotobyname +or +.Fn getprotobynumber . +.Pp +The +.Fn endprotoent +function +closes the file. +.Pp +The +.Fn getprotobyname +function +and +.Fn getprotobynumber +sequentially search from the beginning +of the file until a matching +protocol name or +protocol number is found, +or until +.Dv EOF +is encountered. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Null pointer +(0) returned on +.Dv EOF +or error. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/protocols -compact +.It Pa /etc/protocols +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr protocols 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getprotoent , +.Fn getprotobynumber , +.Fn getprotobyname , +.Fn setprotoent , +and +.Fn endprotoent +functions appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +These functions use a static data space; +if the data is needed for future use, it should be +copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it. +Only the Internet +protocols are currently understood. -- cgit v1.2.3