setservent()

The setservent() call opens and rewinds the ETC\SERVICES file.

Syntax

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

Parameters

stayopen

Allows the ETC\SERVICES file to stay open after each call; specifying 0 closes the file.

Description

This call opens and rewinds the ETC\SERVICES file, which contains information about known services and well-known ports. If the stayopen parameter is nonzero, the ETC\SERVICES file stays open after each of the getserv calls.

Related Calls

endprotoent() endservent()
getprotobyname()
getprotobynumber()
getprotoent()
getservbyname()
getservbyport()
getservent()
setprotoent()