SETNETENT(3P)

🌸 SETNETENT(3P) — POSIX Programmer's Manual 🌸

ok so bestie, we're in the POSIX Programmer's Manual rn and this lil page is about setnetent — the network database function. yes that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 💅

✨ PROLOG ✨

okay so first thing's first, a lil heads up, and it's kind of important so pay attention 🫶

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. But here's the tea: the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so pls pls pls consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the details on Linux behavior. Or, alternatively, the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all. Either way. It's giving "check before you assume" energy. 😭

👑 NAME 👑

setnetent — network database function

like, that's the name, that's the function, slay ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <netdb.h>

void setnetent(int stayopen);

there she is. stayopen is an int. it returns void. no cap. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Refer to endnetent().

...yes bestie that's literally it. this page is short and it knows it. the actual deets live over at endnetent(), so go read that one. iykyk 🌈

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

ok so the legal bit, don't skip it, it's important fr fr:

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. In the event of 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. 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 .

like if the vibe of this page ever clashes with the actual Standard, the Standard wins. it's the referee. periodt. 👑

and that's the whole page babes 🎀 this one came from IEEE/The Open Group, 2017, SETNETENT(3P) — ty for coming to my ted talk, go read endnetent() if you want the real lore 💖✨🦋