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30 .TH GETPROTOENT 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32 getprotoent, getprotobyname, getprotobynumber, setprotoent,
33 endprotoent \- get protocol entry
38 .B struct protoent *getprotoent(void);
40 .BI "struct protoent *getprotobyname(const char *" name );
41 .BI "struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int " proto );
43 .BI "void setprotoent(int " stayopen );
44 .B void endprotoent(void);
49 function reads the next entry from the protocols database (see
54 containing the broken-out fields from the entry.
55 A connection is opened to the database if necessary.
62 for the entry from the database
63 that matches the protocol name
65 A connection is opened to the database if necessary.
68 .BR getprotobynumber ()
72 for the entry from the database
73 that matches the protocol number
75 A connection is opened to the database if necessary.
79 function opens a connection to the database,
80 and sets the next entry to the first entry.
84 then the connection to the database
85 will not be closed between calls to one of the
91 function closes the connection to the database.
95 structure is defined in
102 char *p_name; /* official protocol name */
103 char **p_aliases; /* alias list */
104 int p_proto; /* protocol number */
114 The official name of the protocol.
117 A NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the protocol.
124 .BR getprotobyname (),
126 .BR getprotobynumber ()
127 functions return a pointer to a
130 structure, or a null pointer if an
131 error occurs or the end of the file is reached.
136 protocol database file
139 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
147 Interface Attribute Value
151 MT-Unsafe race:protoent
152 race:protoentbuf locale
155 .BR getprotobyname ()
157 MT-Unsafe race:protobyname
161 .BR getprotobynumber ()
163 MT-Unsafe race:protobynumber
170 MT-Unsafe race:protoent
181 signifies that if any of the functions
186 are used in parallel in different threads of a program,
187 then data races could occur.
189 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
192 .BR getprotoent_r (3),