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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd October 13, 2004 .Dt GETSERVENT 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm getservent , .Nm getservent_r , .Nm getservbyport , .Nm getservbyport_r , .Nm getservbyname , .Nm getservbyname_r , .Nm setservent , .Nm setservent_r , .Nm endservent , .Nm endservent_r .Nd get service entry .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Ft struct servent * .Fn getservent "void" .Ft int .Fn getservent_r "struct servent *servent" "struct servent_data *servent_data" .Ft struct servent * .Fn getservbyname "const char *name" "const char *proto" .Ft int .Fn getservbyname_r "const char *name" "const char *proto" "struct servent *servent" "struct servent_data *servent_data" .Ft struct servent * .Fn getservbyport "int port" "const char *proto" .Ft int .Fn getservbyport_r "int port" "const char *proto" "struct servent *servent" "struct servent_data *servent_data" .Ft void .Fn setservent "int stayopen" .Ft void .Fn setservent_r "int stayopen" "struct servent_data *servent_data" .Ft void .Fn endservent "void" .Ft void .Fn endservent_r "struct servent_data *servent_data" .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 database, .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 database 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 (specified in network byte order) is found, or until .Dv EOF is encountered. If a protocol name is also supplied (non-null), searches must also match the protocol. .Pp The .Fn getservent_r , .Fn getservbyport_r , .Fn getservbyname_r , .Fn setservent_r , and .Fn endservent_r functions are reentrant versions of the above functions that take a pointer to a .Fa servent_data structure which is used to store state information. The structure must be zero-filled before it is used and should be considered opaque for the sake of portability. .Pp The .Fn getservent_r , .Fn getservbyport_r , and .Fn getservbyname_r functions also take a pointer to a .Fa servent structure which is used to store the results of the database lookup. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact .It Pa /etc/services .El .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn getservent , .Fn getservbyport , and .Fn getservbyname functions return a pointer to a .Fa servent structure on success or a null pointer if end-of-file is reached or an error occurs. .Pp The .Fn getservent_r , .Fn getservbyport_r , and .Fn getservbyname_r functions return 0 on success or \-1 if end-of-file is reached or an error occurs. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getprotoent 3 , .Xr services 5 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn getservent , .Fn getservbynumber , .Fn getservbyname , .Fn setservent , and .Fn endservent functions conform to .St -p1003.1-2003 . .Pp The .Fn getservent_r , .Fn getservbyport_r , .Fn getservbyname_r , .Fn setservent_r , and .Fn endservent_r functions are not currently standardized. This implementation follows the API used by HP, IBM and Digital. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn getservent , .Fn getservbyport , .Fn getservbyname , .Fn setservent , and .Fn endservent functions appeared in .Pp .Bx 4.2 . The .Fn getservent_r , .Fn getservbyport_r , .Fn getservbyname_r , .Fn setservent_r , and .Fn endservent_r functions appeared in .Ox 3.7 . .Sh BUGS The non-reentrant 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.