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ENDPROTOENT(3P)           POSIX Programmer's Manual          ENDPROTOENT(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       endprotoent, getprotobyname, getprotobynumber, getprotoent,
       setprotoent — network protocol database functions

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <netdb.h>
       void endprotoent(void);
       struct protoent *getprotobyname(const char *name);
       struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int proto);
       struct protoent *getprotoent(void);
       void setprotoent(int stayopen);

DESCRIPTION         top

       These functions shall retrieve information about protocols. This
       information is considered to be stored in a database that can be
       accessed sequentially or randomly. The implementation of this
       database is unspecified.
       The setprotoent() function shall open a connection to the database,
       and set the next entry to the first entry. If the stayopen argument
       is non-zero, the connection to the network protocol database shall
       not be closed after each call to getprotoent() (either directly, or
       indirectly through one of the other getproto*() functions), and the
       implementation may maintain an open file descriptor for the database.
       The getprotobyname() function shall search the database from the
       beginning and find the first entry for which the protocol name
       specified by name matches the p_name member, opening and closing a
       connection to the database as necessary.
       The getprotobynumber() function shall search the database from the
       beginning and find the first entry for which the protocol number
       specified by proto matches the p_proto member, opening and closing a
       connection to the database as necessary.
       The getprotoent() function shall read the next entry of the database,
       opening and closing a connection to the database as necessary.
       The getprotobyname(), getprotobynumber(), and getprotoent() functions
       shall each return a pointer to a protoent structure, the members of
       which shall contain the fields of an entry in the network protocol
       database.
       The endprotoent() function shall close the connection to the
       database, releasing any open file descriptor.
       These functions need not be thread-safe.

RETURN VALUE         top

       Upon successful completion, getprotobyname(), getprotobynumber(), and
       getprotoent() return a pointer to a protoent structure if the
       requested entry was found, and a null pointer if the end of the
       database was reached or the requested entry was not found.
       Otherwise, a null pointer is returned.
       The application shall not modify the structure to which the return
       value points, nor any storage areas pointed to by pointers within the
       structure. The returned pointer, and pointers within the structure,
       might be invalidated or the structure or the storage areas might be
       overwritten by a subsequent call to getprotobyname(),
       getprotobynumber(), or getprotoent().

ERRORS         top

       No errors are defined.
       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, netdb.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are
       most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the
       source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
IEEE/The Open Group                 2013                     ENDPROTOENT(3P)

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