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(const char *name);
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16 struct rpcent *getrpcbynumber(int number);
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23 The getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber() functions each
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25 the broken-out fields of an entry in the RPC program number data base.
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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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43 The getrpcent() function reads the next entry from the database. A
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46 The setrpcent() function opens a connection to the database, and sets
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53 The getrpcbyname() and getrpcbynumber() functions sequentially search
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70 ┌─────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
71 │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
72 ├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
73 │getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe │
74 │getrpcbynumber() │ │ │
75 ├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
76 │setrpcent(), endrpcent() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
77 └─────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
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80 Not in POSIX.1. Present on the BSDs, Solaris, and many other systems.
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87 getrpcent_r(3), rpc(5), rpcinfo(8), ypserv(8)
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90 This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux man-pages project. A
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