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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH getnetent_r 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH getnetent_r 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
getnetent_r, getnetbyname_r, getnetbyaddr_r \- get
network entry (reentrant)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <netdb.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int getnetent_r(struct netent *restrict " result_buf ,
.BI " char " buf "[restrict ." buflen "], size_t " buflen ,
.BI " struct netent **restrict " result ,
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ Standard C library
.BI " char " buf "[restrict ." buflen "], size_t " buflen ,
.BI " struct netent **restrict " result ,
.BI " int *restrict " h_errnop );
-.PP
+.P
.fi
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.BR getnetent_r (),
.BR getnetbyname_r (),
.BR getnetbyaddr_r ():
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ structure is returned,
and in the function calling signature and return value.
This manual page describes just the differences from
the nonreentrant functions.
-.PP
+.P
Instead of returning a pointer to a statically allocated
.I netent
structure as the function result,
these functions copy the structure into the location pointed to by
.IR result_buf .
-.PP
+.P
The
.I buf
array is used to store the string fields pointed to by the returned
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ and the caller must try again with a larger buffer.
(A buffer of length 1024 bytes should be sufficient for most applications.)
.\" I can find no information on the required/recommended buffer size;
.\" the nonreentrant functions use a 1024 byte buffer -- mtk.
-.PP
+.P
If the function call successfully obtains a network record, then
.I *result
is set pointing to
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ is set pointing to
otherwise,
.I *result
is set to NULL.
-.PP
+.P
The buffer pointed to by
.I h_errnop
is used to return the value that would be stored in the global variable
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ by the nonreentrant versions of these functions.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return 0.
On error, they return one of the positive error numbers listed in ERRORS.
-.PP
+.P
On error, record not found
.RB ( getnetbyname_r (),
.BR getnetbyaddr_r ()),
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ T{
.BR getnetbyaddr_r ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH VERSIONS
Functions with similar names exist on some other systems,
though typically with different calling signatures.