NAME

       getrpcent, getrpcbyname, getrpcbynumber, endrpcent, setrpcent — get RPC entry

SYNOPSIS

       #include <rpc/rpc.h>

       struct rpcent *
       getrpcent(void);

       struct rpcent *
       getrpcbyname(char *name);

       struct rpcent *
       getrpcbynumber(int number);

       void
       setrpcent(int stayopen);

       void
       endrpcent(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  getrpcent(),  getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber() functions each return a pointer to an object with
       the following structure containing the broken-out fields of a line in the rpc program number  data  base,
       /etc/rpc:

       struct rpcent {
               char    *r_name;        /* name of server for this rpc program */
               char    **r_aliases;    /* alias list */
               long    r_number;       /* rpc program number */
       };

       The members of this structure are:

             r_name     The name of the server for this rpc program.

             r_aliases  A zero terminated list of alternate names for the rpc program.

             r_number   The rpc program number for this service.

       The getrpcent() function reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.

       The setrpcent() function opens and rewinds the file.  If the stayopen flag is non-zero, the net data base
       will  not  be  closed  after  each call to getrpcent() (either directly, or indirectly through one of the
       other “getrpc” calls).

       The endrpcent() function closes the file.

       The getrpcbyname() and getrpcbynumber() functions sequentially search from  the  beginning  of  the  file
       until a matching rpc program name or program number is found, or until end-of-file is encountered.

FILES

       /etc/rpc

AVAILABILITY

       These functions are part of libtirpc.

SEE ALSO

       rpc(5), rpcinfo(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

       A NULL pointer is returned on EOF or error.

BUGS

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

Debian                                          December 14, 1987                                   GETRPCENT(3)