getservent, getservbyname, getservbyport, setservent, endservent — get service entry
#include <netdb.h>
struct servent
*getservent( |
void); |
struct servent
*getservbyname( |
const char *name, |
const char *proto); |
struct servent
*getservbyport( |
int port, |
const char *proto); |
void
setservent( |
int stayopen); |
void
endservent( |
void); |
The getservent() function
reads the next entry from the services database (see
services(5)) and returns a
servent structure containing
the broken-out fields from the entry. A connection is opened
to the database if necessary.
The getservbyname() function
returns a servent structure
for the entry from the database that matches the service
name using protocol
proto. If proto is NULL, any protocol
will be matched. A connection is opened to the database if
necessary.
The getservbyport() function
returns a servent structure
for the entry from the database that matches the port
port (given in
network byte order) using protocol proto. If proto is NULL, any protocol
will be matched. A connection is opened to the database if
necessary.
The setservent() function
opens a connection to the database, and sets the next entry
to the first entry. If stayopen is nonzero, then the
connection to the database will not be closed between calls
to one of the getserv*()
functions.
The endservent() function
closes the connection to the database.
The servent structure is
defined in <netdb.h> as
follows:
struct servent { char * s_name;char ** s_aliases;int s_port;char * s_proto;};
The members of the servent structure are:
s_nameThe official name of the service.
s_aliasesA NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the service.
s_portThe port number for the service given in network byte order.
s_protoThe name of the protocol to use with this service.
The getservent(),
getservbyname() and
getservbyport() functions
return a pointer to a statically allocated servent structure, or a NULL pointer if
an error occurs or the end of the file is reached.
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