getservent_r(3) Library Functions Manual getservent_r(3)
NAME
getservent_r, getservbyname_r, getservbyport_r - get service entry
(reentrant)
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <netdb.h>
int getservent_r(struct servent *restrict result_buf,
char buf[restrict .buflen], size_t buflen,
struct servent **restrict result);
int getservbyname_r(const char *restrict name,
const char *restrict proto,
struct servent *restrict result_buf,
char buf[restrict .buflen], size_t buflen,
struct servent **restrict result);
int getservbyport_r(int port,
const char *restrict proto,
struct servent *restrict result_buf,
char buf[restrict .buflen], size_t buflen,
struct servent **restrict result);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
getservent_r(), getservbyname_r(), getservbyport_r():
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The getservent_r(), getservbyname_r(), and getservbyport_r() functions
are the reentrant equivalents of, respectively, getservent(3), get-
servbyname(3), and getservbyport(3). They differ in the way that the
servent structure is returned, and in the function calling signature and
return value. This manual page describes just the differences from the
nonreentrant functions.
Instead of returning a pointer to a statically allocated servent struc-
ture as the function result, these functions copy the structure into the
location pointed to by result_buf.
The buf array is used to store the string fields pointed to by the re-
turned servent structure. (The nonreentrant functions allocate these
strings in static storage.) The size of this array is specified in bu-
flen. If buf is too small, the call fails with the error ERANGE, and
the caller must try again with a larger buffer. (A buffer of length
1024 bytes should be sufficient for most applications.)
If the function call successfully obtains a service record, then *result
is set pointing to result_buf; otherwise, *result is set to NULL.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return 0. On error, they return one of the
positive error numbers listed in errors.
On error, record not found (getservbyname_r(), getservbyport_r()), or
end of input (getservent_r()) result is set to NULL.
ERRORS
ENOENT (getservent_r()) No more records in database.
ERANGE buf is too small. Try again with a larger buffer (and increased
buflen).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
│ getservent_r(), getservbyname_r(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
│ getservbyport_r() │ │ │
└─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
VERSIONS
Functions with similar names exist on some other systems, though typi-
cally with different calling signatures.
STANDARDS
GNU.
EXAMPLES
The program below uses getservbyport_r() to retrieve the service record
for the port and protocol named in its first command-line argument. If
a third (integer) command-line argument is supplied, it is used as the
initial value for buflen; if getservbyport_r() fails with the error
ERANGE, the program retries with larger buffer sizes. The following
shell session shows a couple of sample runs:
$ ./a.out 7 tcp 1
ERANGE! Retrying with larger buffer
getservbyport_r() returned: 0 (success) (buflen=87)
s_name=echo; s_proto=tcp; s_port=7; aliases=
$ ./a.out 77777 tcp
getservbyport_r() returned: 0 (success) (buflen=1024)
Call failed/record not found
Program source
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#define MAX_BUF 10000
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int buflen, erange_cnt, port, s;
struct servent result_buf;
struct servent *result;
char buf[MAX_BUF];
char *protop;
if (argc < 3) {
printf("Usage: %s port-num proto-name [buflen]\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
port = htons(atoi(argv[1]));
protop = (strcmp(argv[2], "null") == 0 ||
strcmp(argv[2], "NULL") == 0) ? NULL : argv[2];
buflen = 1024;
if (argc > 3)
buflen = atoi(argv[3]);
if (buflen > MAX_BUF) {
printf("Exceeded buffer limit (%d)\n", MAX_BUF);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
erange_cnt = 0;
do {
s = getservbyport_r(port, protop, &result_buf,
buf, buflen, &result);
if (s == ERANGE) {
if (erange_cnt == 0)
printf("ERANGE! Retrying with larger buffer\n");
erange_cnt++;
/* Increment a byte at a time so we can see exactly
what size buffer was required. */
buflen++;
if (buflen > MAX_BUF) {
printf("Exceeded buffer limit (%d)\n", MAX_BUF);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
} while (s == ERANGE);
printf("getservbyport_r() returned: %s (buflen=%d)\n",
(s == 0) ? "0 (success)" : (s == ENOENT) ? "ENOENT" :
strerror(s), buflen);
if (s != 0 || result == NULL) {
printf("Call failed/record not found\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("s_name=%s; s_proto=%s; s_port=%d; aliases=",
result_buf.s_name, result_buf.s_proto,
ntohs(result_buf.s_port));
for (char **p = result_buf.s_aliases; *p != NULL; p++)
printf("%s ", *p);
printf("\n");
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
SEE ALSO
getservent(3), services(5)
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