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+.\"	$NetBSD: getservent.3,v 1.3 1995/02/25 06:20:38 cgd Exp $
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+.\"     @(#)getservent.3	8.3 (Berkeley) 1/12/94
+.\"
+.Dd January 12, 1994
+.Dt GETSERVENT 3
+.Os BSD 4.2
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getservent ,
+.Nm getservbyport ,
+.Nm getservbyname ,
+.Nm setservent ,
+.Nm endservent
+.Nd get service entry
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <netdb.h>
+.Ft struct servent *
+.Fn getservent 
+.Ft struct servent *
+.Fn getservbyname "char *name" "char *proto"
+.Ft struct servent *
+.Fn getservbyport "int port" proto
+.Ft void
+.Fn setservent "int stayopen"
+.Ft void
+.Fn endservent void
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getservent ,
+.Fn getservbyname ,
+and
+.Fn getservbyport
+functions
+each return a pointer to an object with the
+following structure
+containing the broken-out
+fields of a line in the network services data base,
+.Pa /etc/services .
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+struct	servent {
+	char	*s_name;	/* official name of service */
+	char	**s_aliases;	/* alias list */
+	int	s_port;		/* port service resides at */
+	char	*s_proto;	/* protocol to use */
+};
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The members of this structure are:
+.Bl -tag -width s_aliases
+.It Fa s_name
+The official name of the service.
+.It Fa s_aliases
+A zero terminated list of alternate names for the service.
+.It Fa s_port
+The port number at which the service resides.
+Port numbers are returned in network byte order.
+.It Fa s_proto
+The name of the protocol to use when contacting the
+service.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn getservent
+function
+reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn setservent
+function
+opens and rewinds the file.  If the
+.Fa stayopen
+flag is non-zero,
+the net data base will not be closed after each call to 
+.Fn getservbyname
+or
+.Fn getservbyport .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn endservent
+function
+closes the file.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn getservbyname
+and
+.Fn getservbyport
+functions
+sequentially search from the beginning
+of the file until a matching
+protocol name or
+port number is found,
+or until
+.Dv EOF
+is encountered.
+If a protocol name is also supplied (non-
+.Dv NULL ) , 
+searches must also match the protocol.
+.ne 1i
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
+.It Pa /etc/services
+.El
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+Null pointer
+(0) returned on
+.Dv EOF
+or error.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr getprotoent 3 ,
+.Xr services 5
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getservent ,
+.Fn getservbyport ,
+.Fn getservbyname ,
+.Fn setservent ,
+and
+.Fn endservent
+functions appeared in 
+.Bx 4.2 .
+.Sh BUGS
+These functions use static data storage;
+if the data is needed for future use, it should be
+copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
+Expecting port numbers to fit in a 32 bit
+quantity is probably naive.