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getrpcent_r(3) Library Functions Manualgetrpcent_r(3)getrpcent_r, getrpcbyname_r, getrpcbynumber_r - get RPC entry (reentrant)
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <netdb.h>int getrpcent_r(size_t size;struct rpcent *result_buf, charbuf[size],size_tsize, struct rpcent **result);int getrpcbyname_r(size_t size;const char *name,struct rpcent *result_buf, charbuf[size],size_tsize, struct rpcent **result);int getrpcbynumber_r(size_t size;intnumber,struct rpcent *result_buf, charbuf[size],size_tsize, struct rpcent **result); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (seefeature_test_macros(7)):getrpcent_r(),getrpcbyname_r(),getrpcbynumber_r(): Since glibc 2.19: _DEFAULT_SOURCE glibc 2.19 and earlier: _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
Thegetrpcent_r(),getrpcbyname_r(), andgetrpcbynumber_r() functions are the reentrant equivalents of, respectively,getrpcent(3),getrpcbyname(3), andgetrpcbynumber(3). They differ in the way that therpcent structure is returned, and in the function calling signature and return value. This manual page describes just the differences from the nonreentrant functions. Instead of returning a pointer to a statically allocatedrpcent structure as the function result, these functions copy the structure into the location pointed to byresult_buf. Thebuf array is used to store the string fields pointed to by the returnedrpcent structure. (The nonreentrant functions allocate these strings in static storage.) The size of this array is specified insize. Ifbuf is too small, the call fails with the errorERANGE, and the caller must try again with a larger buffer. (A buffer of size 1024 bytes should be sufficient for most applications.) If the function call successfully obtains an RPC record, then*result is set pointing toresult_buf; otherwise,*result is set to NULL.
On success, these functions return 0. On error, they return one of the positive error numbers listed in ERRORS. On error, record not found (getrpcbyname_r(),getrpcbynumber_r()), or end of input (getrpcent_r())*result is set to NULL.
ENOENT(getrpcent_r()) No more records in database.ERANGEbuf is too small. Try again with a larger buffer (and increasedsize).
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤ │getrpcent_r(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │ │getrpcbyname_r(), │ │ │ │getrpcbynumber_r() │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
Functions with similar names exist on some other systems, though typically with different calling signatures.
GNU.
getrpcent(3),rpc(5)
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