GETSERVENT(3) BSD Library Functions Manual GETSERVENT(3)

NAME
     ggeettsseerrvveenntt, ggeettsseerrvvbbyyppoorrtt, ggeettsseerrvvbbyynnaammee, sseettsseerrvveenntt, eennddsseerrvveenntt - get
     service entry

LLIIBBRRAARRYY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
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     struct servent *
     ggeettsseerrvveenntt();

     struct servent *
     ggeettsseerrvvbbyynnaammee(const char *name, const char *proto);

     struct servent *
     ggeettsseerrvvbbyyppoorrtt(int port, const char *proto);

     void
     sseettsseerrvveenntt(int stayopen);

     void
     eennddsseerrvveenntt(void);

DESCRIPTION
     The ggeettsseerrvveenntt(), ggeettsseerrvvbbyynnaammee(), and ggeettsseerrvvbbyyppoorrtt() functions each
     return a pointer to an object with the following structure containing the
     broken-out fields of a line in the network services data base,
     /etc/services.

           struct  servent {
                   char    *sname;        /* official name of service */
                   char    **saliases;    /* alias list */
                   int     sport;         /* port service resides at */
                   char    *sproto;       /* protocol to use */
           };

     The members of this structure are:

     sname     The official name of the service.

     saliases  A zero terminated list of alternate names for the service.

     sport     The port number at which the service resides.  Port numbers
                are returned in network byte order.

     sproto    The name of the protocol to use when contacting the service.

     The ggeettsseerrvveenntt() function reads the next line of the file, opening the
     file if necessary.

     The sseettsseerrvveenntt() function opens and rewinds the file.  If the stayopen
     flag is non-zero, the net data base will not be closed after each call to
     ggeettsseerrvvbbyynnaammee() or ggeettsseerrvvbbyyppoorrtt().

     The eennddsseerrvveenntt() function closes the file.

     The ggeettsseerrvvbbyynnaammee() and ggeettsseerrvvbbyyppoorrtt() functions sequentially search
     from the beginning of the file until a matching protocol name or port
     number (which must be specified in network byte order) is found, or until
     EOF is encountered.  If a protocol name is also supplied (non- NULL),
     searches must also match the protocol.

FILES     /etc/services

DIAGNOSTICS     Null pointer (0) returned on EOF or error.

SEE ALSO
     getprotoent(3), services(5)

HISTORY     The ggeettsseerrvveenntt(), ggeettsseerrvvbbyyppoorrtt(), ggeettsseerrvvbbyynnaammee(), sseettsseerrvveenntt(), and
     eennddsseerrvveenntt() functions appeared in 4.2BSD.

BUGS
     These functions use static data storage; if the data is needed for future
     use, it should be copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
     Expecting port numbers to fit in a 32 bit quantity is probably naive.

BSD                              July 9, 1995                              BSD