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28 .\" @(#)getprotoent.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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37 .Nm getprotobynumber ,
41 .Nd get protocol entry
49 .Fn getprotobyname "const char *name"
51 .Fn getprotobynumber "int proto"
53 .Fn setprotoent "int stayopen"
63 each return a pointer to an object with the
65 containing the broken-out
66 fields of a line in the network protocol data base,
68 .Bd -literal -offset indent
70 char *p_name; /* official name of protocol */
71 char **p_aliases; /* alias list */
72 int p_proto; /* protocol number */
76 The members of this structure are:
77 .Bl -tag -width p_aliases
79 The official name of the protocol.
81 A zero terminated list of alternate names for the protocol.
89 reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
94 opens and rewinds the file.
98 the net data base will not be closed after each call to
101 .Fn getprotobynumber .
113 sequentially search from the beginning
114 of the file until a matching
116 protocol number is found,
126 .Bl -tag -width /etc/protocols -compact
127 .It Pa /etc/protocols
134 .Fn getprotobynumber ,
139 functions appeared in
142 These functions use a thread-specific data space;
143 if the data is needed for future use, it should be
144 copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
146 protocols are currently understood.