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diff --git a/man/getrpcport.3t b/man/getrpcport.3t new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1aa5773 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/getrpcport.3t @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.\" @(#)getrpcport.3r 2.2 88/08/02 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.12 88/02/26 SMI +.\" +.Dd October 6, 1987 +.Dt GETRPCPORT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getrpcport +.Nd get RPC port number +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Ft int +.Fn getrpcport "char *host" "int prognum" "int versnum" "int proto" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getrpcport +function +returns the port number for version +.Fa versnum +of the RPC program +.Fa prognum +running on +.Fa host +and using protocol +.Fa proto . +It returns 0 if it cannot contact the portmapper, or if +.Fa prognum +is not registered. If +.Fa prognum +is registered but not with version +.Fa versnum , +it will still return a port number (for some version of the program) +indicating that the program is indeed registered. +The version mismatch will be detected upon the first call to the service. +.Sh AVAILABILITY +The +.Fn getrpcport +function is part of libtirpc. |