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49 .Fn getservbyname "const char *name" "const char *proto"
51 .Fn getservbyport "int port" "const char *proto"
53 .Fn setservent "int stayopen"
63 each return a pointer to an object with the
65 containing the broken-out
66 fields of a line in the network services data base,
68 .Bd -literal -offset indent
70 char *s_name; /* official name of service */
71 char **s_aliases; /* alias list */
72 int s_port; /* port service resides at */
73 char *s_proto; /* protocol to use */
77 The members of this structure are:
78 .Bl -tag -width s_aliases
80 The official name of the service.
82 A NULL terminated list of alternative names for the service.
84 The port number at which the service resides.
85 Port numbers must be given and are returned in network byte order.
87 The name of the protocol to use when contacting the
94 reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
99 opens and rewinds the file. If the
102 the net data base will not be closed after each call to
117 sequentially search from the beginning
118 of the file until a matching
120 port number is found,
124 If a protocol name is also supplied (non-\c
126 searches must also match the protocol.
128 .Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
147 functions appeared in
150 These functions use static data storage;
151 if the data is needed for future use, it should be
152 copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
153 Expecting port numbers to fit in a 32 bit
154 quantity is probably naive.