1GETRPCENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETRPCENT(3)
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6 getrpcent, getrpcbyname, getrpcbynumber, setrpcent, endrpcent - get RPC
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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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23 getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber() each return a pointer
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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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35 r_name The name of the server for this RPC program.
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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
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45 setrpcent() function opens a connection to the database, and sets the
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52 getrpcbyname() and getrpcbynumber() sequentially search from the begin‐
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74 getrpcent_r(3), rpc(5), rpcinfo(8), ypserv(8)
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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
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