1GETRPCENT(3)               Linux Programmer's Manual              GETRPCENT(3)
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NAME

6       getrpcent, getrpcbyname, getrpcbynumber, setrpcent, endrpcent - get RPC
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <netdb.h>
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12       struct rpcent *getrpcent(void);
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14       struct rpcent *getrpcbyname(char *name);
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16       struct rpcent *getrpcbynumber(int number);
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18       void setrpcent(int stayopen);
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20       void endrpcent(void);
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DESCRIPTION

23       getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber() each return a pointer
24       to  an  object  with  the following structure containing the broken-out
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27           struct rpcent {
28               char  *r_name;     /* name of server for this RPC program */
29               char **r_aliases;  /* alias list */
30               long   r_number;   /* RPC program number */
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33       The members of this structure are:
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35           r_name      The name of the server for this RPC program.
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37           r_aliases   A NULL-terminated list of alternate names for  the  RPC
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40           r_number    The RPC program number for this service.
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42       getrpcent()  reads  the  next entry from the database.  A connection is
43       opened to the database if necessary.
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45       setrpcent() function opens a connection to the database, and  sets  the
46       next  entry  to the first entry.  If stayopen is nonzero, then the con‐
47       nection to the database will not be closed between calls to one of  the
48       getrpc*() functions.
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50       The endrpcent() function closes the connection to the database.
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52       getrpcbyname() and getrpcbynumber() sequentially search from the begin‐
53       ning of the file until a matching RPC program name or program number is
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RETURN VALUE

57       On  success, getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber() return a
58       pointer to a statically allocated rpcent structure.  A NULL pointer  is
59       returned on EOF or error.
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FILES

62       /etc/rpc
63              RPC program number database.
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CONFORMING TO

66       Not in POSIX.1-2001.  Present on the BSDs, Solaris, and many other sys‐
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BUGS

70       All information is contained in a static area so it must be  copied  if
71       it is to be saved.
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SEE ALSO

74       getrpcent_r(3), rpc(5), rpcinfo(8), ypserv(8)
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COLOPHON

77       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
78       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
79       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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83                                  2008-08-19                      GETRPCENT(3)
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