pmap_getport
Name
pmap_getport -- Returns the port number on which a service is waiting for.
Synopsis
extern u_short
*pmap_getport(struct sockaddr_in
*address, __const u_long
program, __const u_long
*version, u_int
protocol);
Description
pmap_getport returns the port number on which a service
is waiting for.
pmap_getport is called given the RPC program
number program, version,
and the transport protocol set to either
IPPROTO_UDP or IPPROTO_TCP.
The pre-allocated socket address is a returned parameter.
Return Value
pmap_getport returns 0 if the mapping does not exist
or if contact to the remote portmap service failed. If the remote portmap
service could not be reached, the status is left in the global variable
rpc_createerr.