GETPROTOBYNAME(3P)

💖 GETPROTOBYNAME(3P) 💖

okay so this is the GETPROTOBYNAME(3P) page, and it comes to you straight from the POSIX Programmer's Manual. yes bestie, that manual. pull up a chair 🫶

✨ PROLOG ✨

so like, real talk first: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. that's the vibe. but — and this is the important bit — the Linux implementation of this interface may differ, so if you're on Linux you should go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior. or honestly? the interface may not even be implemented on Linux at all. it's giving "check before you commit", fr fr. 💀

🌸 NAME 🌸

• getprotobyname
• getprotobynumber
• getprotent

…all of them doing the network protocol database functions thing. yes, all three. iconic trio behavior honestly 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <netdb.h>

struct protoent *getprotobyname(const char *name);
struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int proto);
struct protoent *getprotoent(void);

look at those signatures. struct protoent * three times, slay. copy them exactly, do not freestyle, I am begging 🙈

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

bestie this page is literally a redirect. it just says: Refer to endprotoent(). that's it. that's the whole description. go read that one, it's the main character here and this page is just the hype girl. periodt. 🎀

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

okay so legal moment, but make it cute:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 📜

and if there's ever any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard — the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. no cap. the original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. to report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

not me having to include the whole legal paragraph but honestly? rules are rules and the rules are the whole point. 💯

⭐ the sign-off ⭐

this lil page was brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017 — and that's on the actual footer of the original, so I'm putting it here as a cute lil goodbye instead. stay slay, go read endprotoent(), and always check the Linux page first bestie 🧚‍♀️💜✨