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+'\" t
+.\" Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk
+.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.TH getprotoent_r 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.SH NAME
+getprotoent_r, getprotobyname_r, getprotobynumber_r \- get
+protocol entry (reentrant)
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <netdb.h>
+.PP
+.BI "int getprotoent_r(struct protoent *restrict " result_buf ,
+.BI " char " buf "[restrict ." buflen "], size_t " buflen ,
+.BI " struct protoent **restrict " result );
+.BI "int getprotobyname_r(const char *restrict " name ,
+.BI " struct protoent *restrict " result_buf ,
+.BI " char " buf "[restrict ." buflen "], size_t " buflen ,
+.BI " struct protoent **restrict " result );
+.BI "int getprotobynumber_r(int " proto ,
+.BI " struct protoent *restrict " result_buf ,
+.BI " char " buf "[restrict ." buflen "], size_t " buflen ,
+.BI " struct protoent **restrict " result );
+.PP
+.fi
+.RS -4
+Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
+.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
+.RE
+.PP
+.BR getprotoent_r (),
+.BR getprotobyname_r (),
+.BR getprotobynumber_r ():
+.nf
+ Since glibc 2.19:
+ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+ glibc 2.19 and earlier:
+ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR getprotoent_r (),
+.BR getprotobyname_r (),
+and
+.BR getprotobynumber_r ()
+functions are the reentrant equivalents of, respectively,
+.BR getprotoent (3),
+.BR getprotobyname (3),
+and
+.BR getprotobynumber (3).
+They differ in the way that the
+.I protoent
+structure is returned,
+and in the function calling signature and return value.
+This manual page describes just the differences from
+the nonreentrant functions.
+.PP
+Instead of returning a pointer to a statically allocated
+.I protoent
+structure as the function result,
+these functions copy the structure into the location pointed to by
+.IR result_buf .
+.PP
+The
+.I buf
+array is used to store the string fields pointed to by the returned
+.I protoent
+structure.
+(The nonreentrant functions allocate these strings in static storage.)
+The size of this array is specified in
+.IR buflen .
+If
+.I buf
+is too small, the call fails with the error
+.BR ERANGE ,
+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.
+.\" The 1024 byte value is also what the Solaris man page suggests. -- mtk
+.PP
+If the function call successfully obtains a protocol record, then
+.I *result
+is set pointing to
+.IR result_buf ;
+otherwise,
+.I *result
+is set to NULL.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On success, these functions return 0.
+On error, they return one of the positive error numbers listed in ERRORS.
+.PP
+On error, record not found
+.RB ( getprotobyname_r (),
+.BR getprotobynumber_r ()),
+or end of input
+.RB ( getprotoent_r ())
+.I result
+is set to NULL.
+.SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B ENOENT
+.RB ( getprotoent_r ())
+No more records in database.
+.TP
+.B ERANGE
+.I buf
+is too small.
+Try again with a larger buffer
+(and increased
+.IR buflen ).
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR getprotoent_r (),
+.BR getprotobyname_r (),
+.BR getprotobynumber_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.
+.SH STANDARDS
+GNU.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+The program below uses
+.BR getprotobyname_r ()
+to retrieve the protocol record for the protocol named
+in its first command-line argument.
+If a second (integer) command-line argument is supplied,
+it is used as the initial value for
+.IR buflen ;
+if
+.BR getprotobyname_r ()
+fails with the error
+.BR ERANGE ,
+the program retries with larger buffer sizes.
+The following shell session shows a couple of sample runs:
+.PP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+.RB "$" " ./a.out tcp 1"
+ERANGE! Retrying with larger buffer
+getprotobyname_r() returned: 0 (success) (buflen=78)
+p_name=tcp; p_proto=6; aliases=TCP
+.RB "$" " ./a.out xxx 1"
+ERANGE! Retrying with larger buffer
+getprotobyname_r() returned: 0 (success) (buflen=100)
+Call failed/record not found
+.EE
+.in
+.SS Program source
+\&
+.\" SRC BEGIN (getprotoent_r.c)
+.EX
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+\&
+#define MAX_BUF 10000
+\&
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ int buflen, erange_cnt, s;
+ struct protoent result_buf;
+ struct protoent *result;
+ char buf[MAX_BUF];
+\&
+ if (argc < 2) {
+ printf("Usage: %s proto\-name [buflen]\en", argv[0]);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+\&
+ buflen = 1024;
+ if (argc > 2)
+ buflen = atoi(argv[2]);
+\&
+ if (buflen > MAX_BUF) {
+ printf("Exceeded buffer limit (%d)\en", MAX_BUF);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+\&
+ erange_cnt = 0;
+ do {
+ s = getprotobyname_r(argv[1], &result_buf,
+ buf, buflen, &result);
+ if (s == ERANGE) {
+ if (erange_cnt == 0)
+ printf("ERANGE! Retrying with larger buffer\en");
+ erange_cnt++;
+\&
+ /* Increment a byte at a time so we can see exactly
+ what size buffer was required. */
+\&
+ buflen++;
+\&
+ if (buflen > MAX_BUF) {
+ printf("Exceeded buffer limit (%d)\en", MAX_BUF);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ }
+ } while (s == ERANGE);
+\&
+ printf("getprotobyname_r() returned: %s (buflen=%d)\en",
+ (s == 0) ? "0 (success)" : (s == ENOENT) ? "ENOENT" :
+ strerror(s), buflen);
+\&
+ if (s != 0 || result == NULL) {
+ printf("Call failed/record not found\en");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+\&
+ printf("p_name=%s; p_proto=%d; aliases=",
+ result_buf.p_name, result_buf.p_proto);
+ for (char **p = result_buf.p_aliases; *p != NULL; p++)
+ printf("%s ", *p);
+ printf("\en");
+\&
+ exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+.EE
+.\" SRC END
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR getprotoent (3),
+.BR protocols (5)