HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

getrpcport(3N) getrpcport(3N)

NAME

getrpcport( ) - get RPC port number

SYNOPSIS

int getrpcport(

char *host,

int prognum,

int versnum,

int 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 it cannot contact portmap or if prognum is not registered. If

prognum is registered but not with version versnum, it returns the port number of the last registered

(prognum, proto) pair.

WARNINGS

User applications that call this routine must be linked with

/usr/lib/librpcsvc.a

. For example,

cc my_source.c -lrpcsvc

AUTHOR

getrpcport() was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.