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28 .\" @(#)getprotoent.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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37 .Nm getprotobynumber ,
38 .Nm getprotobynumber_r ,
40 .Nm getprotobyname_r ,
43 .Nd get protocol entry
51 .Fn getprotoent_r "struct protoent *" "char *" "size_t" "struct protoent **"
53 .Fn getprotobyname "const char *name"
55 .Fn getprotobyname_r "const char *" "struct protoent *" "char *" "size_t" "struct protoent **"
57 .Fn getprotobynumber "int proto"
59 .Fn getprotobynumber_r "int" "struct protoent *" "char *" "size_t" "struct protoent **"
61 .Fn setprotoent "int stayopen"
71 each return a pointer to an object with the
73 containing the broken-out
74 fields of a line in the network protocol data base,
76 .Bd -literal -offset indent
78 char *p_name; /* official name of protocol */
79 char **p_aliases; /* alias list */
80 int p_proto; /* protocol number */
84 The members of this structure are:
85 .Bl -tag -width p_aliases
87 The official name of the protocol.
89 A zero terminated list of alternate names for the protocol.
97 reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
102 opens and rewinds the file.
106 the net data base will not be closed after each call to
109 .Fn getprotobynumber .
121 sequentially search from the beginning
122 of the file until a matching
124 protocol number is found,
131 .Fn getprotobynumber_r ,
134 functions are reentrant versions of the above functions that take a
137 structure which is used to store state information.
138 The structure must be zero-filled before it is used
139 and should be considered opaque for the sake of portability.
140 These functions also take a pointer to another
142 structure which is used to store the results of the database lookup.
146 .Fn getprotobynumber ,
149 functions return a pointer to a
151 structure on success or a null pointer if end-of-file
152 is reached or an error occurs.
156 .Fn getprotobynumber_r ,
159 functions return 0 on success or \-1 if end-of-file
160 is reached or an error occurs.
162 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/protocols" -compact
163 .It Pa /etc/protocols
170 .Fn getprotobynumber ,
180 .Fn getprotobynumber_r ,
183 functions are not currently standardized.
187 .Fn getprotobynumber ,
192 functions appeared in
197 .Fn getprotobynumber_r ,
200 functions appeared in
203 These functions use a thread-specific data space;
204 if the data is needed for future use, it should be
205 copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
207 protocols are currently understood.