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30 .TH GETPROTOENT 3 2008-08-19 "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 );
42 .BI "struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int " proto );
44 .BI "void setprotoent(int " stayopen );
46 .B void endprotoent(void);
51 function reads the next entry from the protocols database (see
56 containing the broken-out fields from the entry.
57 A connection is opened to the database if necessary.
64 for the entry from the database
65 that matches the protocol name
67 A connection is opened to the database if necessary.
70 .BR getprotobynumber ()
74 for the entry from the database
75 that matches the protocol number
77 A connection is opened to the database if necessary.
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 *p_name; /* official protocol name */
105 char **p_aliases; /* alias list */
106 int p_proto; /* protocol number */
116 The official name of the protocol.
119 A NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the protocol.
126 .BR getprotobyname ()
128 .BR getprotobynumber ()
129 functions return a pointer to a
132 structure, or a null pointer if an
133 error occurs or the end of the file is reached.
138 protocol database file
141 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
144 .BR getprotoent_r (3),