setservent

setservent

Opens the Services File

Portability: UNIX compatible

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
PORTABILITY
IMPLEMENTATION
RELATED FUNCTIONS

SYNOPSIS

#include <netdb.h>

void setservent(int stayopen);

DESCRIPTION

setservent opens the services file, that is, a file with the same format as /etc/services in the UNIX environment. If the file is already open, setservent rewinds the file so that succeeding getservent calls can read it sequentially. Specifying a nonzero value for stayopen causes the protocols file to remain open between subsequent getservbyname and getservbyaddr calls. Refer to Network Administration for information on naming the services file for your system.

RETURN VALUE

setservent does not return a value.

PORTABILITY

setservent is portable to other environments, including most UNIX systems, that implement BSD sockets.

IMPLEMENTATION

This routine is ported directly from the BSD UNIX Socket Library.

RELATED FUNCTIONS

getservent , endservent , getservbyname , getservbyport

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