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diff --git a/man/getnetconfig.3t b/man/getnetconfig.3t new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6682319 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/getnetconfig.3t @@ -0,0 +1,220 @@ +.\" @(#)getnetconfig.3n 1.28 93/06/02 SMI; from SVr4 +.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T +.Dd April 22, 2000 +.Dt GETNETCONFIG 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getnetconfig , +.Nm setnetconfig , +.Nm endnetconfig , +.Nm getnetconfigent , +.Nm freenetconfigent , +.Nm nc_perror , +.Nm nc_sperror +.Nd get network configuration database entry +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In netconfig.h +.Ft "struct netconfig *" +.Fn getnetconfig "void *handlep" +.Ft "void *" +.Fn setnetconfig "void" +.Ft int +.Fn endnetconfig "void *handlep" +.Ft "struct netconfig *" +.Fn getnetconfigent "const char *netid" +.Ft void +.Fn freenetconfigent "struct netconfig *netconfigp" +.Ft void +.Fn nc_perror "const char *msg" +.Ft "char *" +.Fn nc_sperror "void" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The library routines described on this page +provide the application access to +the system network configuration database, +.Pa /etc/netconfig . +The +.Fn getnetconfig +function +returns a pointer to the +current entry in the +netconfig +database, formatted as a +.Ft "struct netconfig" . +Successive calls will return successive netconfig +entries in the netconfig database. +The +.Fn getnetconfig +function +can be used to search the entire netconfig +file. +The +.Fn getnetconfig +function +returns +.Dv NULL +at the end of the file. +The +.Fa handlep +argument +is the handle obtained through +.Fn setnetconfig . +.Pp +A call to +.Fn setnetconfig +has the effect of +.Dq binding +to or +.Dq rewinding +the netconfig database. +The +.Fn setnetconfig +function +must be called before the first call to +.Fn getnetconfig +and may be called at any other time. +The +.Fn setnetconfig +function +need not be called before a call to +.Fn getnetconfigent . +The +.Fn setnetconfig +function +returns a unique handle to be used by +.Fn getnetconfig . +.Pp +The +.Fn endnetconfig +function +should be called when processing is complete to release resources for reuse. +The +.Fa handlep +argument +is the handle obtained through +.Fn setnetconfig . +Programmers should be aware, however, that the last call to +.Fn endnetconfig +frees all memory allocated by +.Fn getnetconfig +for the +.Ft "struct netconfig" +data structure. +The +.Fn endnetconfig +function +may not be called before +.Fn setnetconfig . +.Pp +The +.Fn getnetconfigent +function +returns a pointer +to the netconfig structure corresponding +to +.Fa netid . +It returns +.Dv NULL +if +.Fa netid +is invalid +(that is, does not name an entry in the netconfig database). +.Pp +The +.Fn freenetconfigent +function +frees the netconfig structure pointed to by +.Fa netconfigp +(previously returned by +.Fn getnetconfigent ) . +.Pp +The +.Fn nc_perror +function +prints a message to the standard error indicating why any of the +above routines failed. +The message is prepended with the string +.Fa msg +and a colon. +A newline character is appended at the end of the message. +.Pp +The +.Fn nc_sperror +function +is similar to +.Fn nc_perror +but instead of sending the message +to the standard error, will return a pointer to a string that +contains the error message. +.Pp +The +.Fn nc_perror +and +.Fn nc_sperror +functions +can also be used with the +.Ev NETPATH +access routines defined in +.Xr getnetpath 3 . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn setnetconfig +function +returns a unique handle to be used by +.Fn getnetconfig . +In the case of an error, +.Fn setnetconfig +returns +.Dv NULL +and +.Fn nc_perror +or +.Fn nc_sperror +can be used to print the reason for failure. +.Pp +The +.Fn getnetconfig +function +returns a pointer to the current entry in the netconfig +database, formatted as a +.Ft "struct netconfig" . +The +.Fn getnetconfig +function +returns +.Dv NULL +at the end of the file, or upon failure. +.Pp +The +.Fn endnetconfig +function +returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure +(for example, if +.Fn setnetconfig +was not called previously). +.Pp +On success, +.Fn getnetconfigent +returns a pointer to the +.Ft "struct netconfig" +structure corresponding to +.Fa netid ; +otherwise it returns +.Dv NULL . +.Pp +The +.Fn nc_sperror +function +returns a pointer to a buffer which contains the error message string. +This buffer is overwritten on each call. +In multithreaded applications, this buffer is +implemented as thread-specific data. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/netconfig -compact +.It Pa /etc/netconfig +.El +.Sh AVAILABILITY +These functions are part of libtirpc. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getnetpath 3 , +.Xr netconfig 5 |