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NAME¶
getrpcport
—
get RPC port number
SYNOPSIS¶
intgetrpcport
(char
*host, int
prognum, int
versnum, int
proto);
DESCRIPTION¶
Thegetrpcport
() function returns the port
number for version versnum of the RPC program
prognum running on
host and using protocol
proto. It returns 0 if it cannot contact the
portmapper, or if prognum is not registered.
If prognum is registered but not with version
versnum, it will still return a port number
(for some version of the program) indicating that the program is indeed
registered. The version mismatch will be detected upon the first call to the
service.
AVAILABILITY¶
Thegetrpcport
() function is part of
libtirpc.October 6, 1987 | Debian |