GETPROTOENT(3) Linux Programmer’s Manual GETPROTOENT(3)
NAME
getprotoent, getprotobyname, getprotobynumber, setprotoent, endprotoent - get pro-
tocol entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <netdb.h>
struct protoent *getprotoent(void);
struct protoent *getprotobyname(const char *name);
struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int proto);
void setprotoent(int stayopen);
void endprotoent(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getprotoent() function reads the next line from the file /etc/protocols and
returns a structure protoent containing the broken out fields from the line. The
/etc/protocols file is opened if necessary.
The getprotobyname() function returns a protoent structure for the line from
/etc/protocols that matches the protocol name name.
The getprotobynumber() function returns a protoent structure for the line that
matches the protocol number number.
The setprotoent() function opens and rewinds the /etc/protocols file. If stayopen
is true (1), then the file will not be closed between calls to getprotobyname() or
getprotobynumber().
The endprotoent() function closes /etc/protocols.
The protoent structure is defined in <netdb.h> as follows:
struct protoent {
char *p_name; /* official protocol name */
char **p_aliases; /* alias list */
int p_proto; /* protocol number */
}
The members of the protoent structure are:
p_name The official name of the protocol.
p_aliases
A zero terminated list of alternative names for the protocol.
p_proto
The protocol number.
RETURN VALUE
The getprotoent(), getprotobyname() and getprotobynumber() functions return the
protoent structure, or a NULL pointer if an error occurs or the end of the file is
reached.
FILES
/etc/protocols
protocol database file
CONFORMING TO
BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
getservent(3), getnetent(3), protocols(5)
BSD 1993-04-24 GETPROTOENT(3)
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