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GETNETPATH(3) | Library Functions Manual | GETNETPATH(3) |
NAME¶
getnetpath
,
setnetpath
, endnetpath
— get /etc/netconfig entry
corresponding to NETPATH
component
SYNOPSIS¶
#include
<netconfig.h>
struct netconfig *
getnetpath
(void
*handlep);
void *
setnetpath
(void);
int
endnetpath
(void
*handlep);
DESCRIPTION¶
The routines described in this page provide the application access
to the system network configuration database,
/etc/netconfig, as it is “filtered” by
the NETPATH
environment variable (see
environ(7)). See getnetconfig(3) for
other routines that also access the network configuration database directly.
The NETPATH
variable is a list of colon-separated
network identifiers.
The
getnetpath
()
function returns a pointer to the netconfig database entry corresponding to
the first valid NETPATH
component. The netconfig
entry is formatted as a struct netconfig. On each
subsequent call, getnetpath
() returns a pointer to
the netconfig entry that corresponds to the next valid
NETPATH
component. The
getnetpath
() function can thus be used to search the
netconfig database for all networks included in the
NETPATH
variable. When
NETPATH
has been exhausted,
getnetpath
() returns
NULL
.
A call to
setnetpath
()
“binds” to or “rewinds”
NETPATH
. The setnetpath
()
function must be called before the first call to
getnetpath
() and may be called at any other time. It
returns a handle that is used by getnetpath
().
The
getnetpath
()
function silently ignores invalid NETPATH
components. A NETPATH
component is invalid if there
is no corresponding entry in the netconfig database.
If the NETPATH
variable
is unset,
getnetpath
()
behaves as if NETPATH
were set to the sequence of
“default” or “visible” networks in the netconfig
database, in the order in which they are listed.
The
endnetpath
()
function may be called to “unbind” from
NETPATH
when processing is complete, releasing
resources for reuse. Programmers should be aware, however, that
endnetpath
() frees all memory allocated by
getnetpath
() for the struct netconfig data
structure.
RETURN VALUES¶
The setnetpath
() function returns a handle
that is used by getnetpath
(). In case of an error,
setnetpath
() returns
NULL
.
The endnetpath
() function returns 0 on
success and -1 on failure (for example, if
setnetpath
() was not called previously). The
nc_perror
() or nc_sperror
()
function can be used to print out the reason for failure. See
getnetconfig(3).
When first called, getnetpath
() returns a
pointer to the netconfig database entry corresponding to the first valid
NETPATH
component. When
NETPATH
has been exhausted,
getnetpath
() returns
NULL
.
AVAILABILITY¶
These functions are part of libtirpc.
SEE ALSO¶
April 22, 2000 | Linux 6.4.0-150600.23.25-default |