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NAME

setservent − Gets service file entry

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <netdb.h> void setservent (
int stay_open );

PARAMETERS

stay_openIndicates when to close the services file.Specifying a value of 0 (zero) closes the file after each call to the getservent() function.Specifying a nonzero value allows the file to remain open after each call. 

DESCRIPTION

The setservent() (set service entry) function opens the /etc/services file and sets the file marker at the beginning of the file. 

RETURN VALUES

If an error occurs or the end of the file is reached, the setservent() function returns a null pointer. 

FILES

/etc/services
Contains service names.

ENVIRONMENT NOTES

This section describes system features that are not generic to OSF/1 but that are provided in this OSF/1 implementation. 

Digital Extensions

The system searches either the local /etc/sevices 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. 
 

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: endprotoent(3), getprotobyname(3), getprotobynumber(3), getprotoent(3), getservbyname(3), getservbyport(3), getservent(3), setprotoent(3)