NAME

endservent, endservent_r − Close the /etc/services file. 

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <netdb.h> void endservent(void); void endservent_r(
struct servent_data ∗serv_data);

PARAMETERS

serv_dataIs data for services’ database. 

DESCRIPTION

The endservent() function closes the /etc/services file, previously opened with the getservent(), getservbyname(), or getsrvbyport  function. 

The endservent_r() function is the reentrant version of the endservent() function.  The netdb.h header file defines the servent_data structure. 

The system searches either the local /etc/services file or the NIS distributed networks file for the requested information.  To determine which file or files to search, and in which order, the system uses the switches in the /etc/svc.conf file. 

NOTES

If the most recent setservent() function was performed with a nonzero parameter, a subsequent endservent() function will not close the /etc/services file. 

ERRORS

If the endservent_r() function fails, errno may be set to:

EINVALIf serv_data is NULL. 

FILES

/etc/services
Contains service names.

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: getservent(3), getservbyname(3), getservbyport(3), setservent(3).