GETRPCPORT
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NAME
getrpcport
- get RPC port number
SYNOPSIS
Ft int
Fn getrpcport char *host int prognum int versnum int proto
DESCRIPTION
The
Fn getrpcport
function
returns the port number for version
Fa versnum
of the RPC program
Fa prognum
running on
Fa host
and using protocol
Fa proto .
It returns 0 if it cannot contact the portmapper, or if
Fa prognum
is not registered. If
Fa prognum
is registered but not with version
Fa versnum ,
it will still return a port number (for some version of the program)
indicating that the program is indeed registered.
The version mismatch will be detected upon the first call to the service.
AVAILABILITY
The
Fn getrpcport
function is part of libtirpc.