NAME
getrpcport() — get RPC port number
SYNOPSIS
u_short getrpcport(char *host,
rpcprog_t prognum,
rpcvers_t versnum,
rpcprot_t proto);
DESCRIPTION
getrpcport()
returns the port number for version
versnum
of the RPC program
prognum
running on
host
and using protocol
proto.
It returns
0
if the RPC system failed to contact the remote portmap service,
the program associated with
prognum
is not registered, or there is no mapping between the program and a port.
If
prognum
is registered but not with version
versnum,
it returns the port number of the last registered
(prognum,
proto)
pair.
This routine exists for backward compatibility only.
Enhanced functionality is provided by
rpcb_getaddr()
(see
rpcbind(3N)).
WARNINGS
User applications that call this routine must be linked with
/usr/lib/librpcsvc.a.
For example,
AUTHOR
getrpcport()
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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