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30 .TH GETNETENT 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32 getnetent, getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr, setnetent, endnetent \-
38 .B struct netent *getnetent(void);
40 .BI "struct netent *getnetbyname(const char *" name );
41 .BI "struct netent *getnetbyaddr(uint32_t " net ", int " type );
43 .BI "void setnetent(int " stayopen );
44 .B void endnetent(void);
49 function reads the next entry from the networks database
53 the broken-out fields from the entry.
54 A connection is opened to the database if necessary.
61 for the entry from the database
62 that matches the network
70 for the entry from the database
71 that matches the network number
77 argument must be in host byte order.
81 function opens a connection to the database,
82 and sets the next entry to the first entry.
86 then the connection to the database
87 will not be closed between calls to one of the
93 function closes the connection to the database.
97 structure is defined in
104 char *n_name; /* official network name */
105 char **n_aliases; /* alias list */
106 int n_addrtype; /* net address type */
107 uint32_t n_net; /* network number */
117 The official name of the network.
120 A NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the network.
123 The type of the network number; always
127 The network number in host byte order.
134 functions return a pointer to a
137 structure, or a null pointer if an
138 error occurs or the end of the file is reached.
142 networks database file
144 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
152 Interface Attribute Value
156 MT-Unsafe race:netent
157 race:netentbuf env locale
162 MT-Unsafe race:netbyname
168 MT-Unsafe race:netbyaddr
175 MT-Unsafe race:netent env
186 signifies that if any of the functions
191 are used in parallel in different threads of a program,
192 then data races could occur.
194 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
196 In glibc versions before 2.2, the