GETPROTOBYNAME(3POSIX)

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💖 GETPROTOBYNAME — the POSIX Programmer's Manual, bestie 💖

okay so this one is from the POSIX Programmer's Manual, page GETPROTOBYNAME(3POSIX), and it's giving "short and mysterious" energy, iykyk. 🌸

✨ PROLOG ✨

so like, heads up before we even start:

  • this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. 📖
  • the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — like, consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior, fr fr.
  • or the interface might just... not be implemented on Linux at all. 💀 no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

getprotobyname, getprotobynumber, getprotent — network protocol database functions. three besties, one vibe. 🦋

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

#include <netdb.h>

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

look at them. iconic signatures. 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so for the actual description... you're gonna want to refer to endprotoent(). that's it. that's the whole thing. this page is literally just the synopsis and a "go ask my friend." 🫶

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 listen — 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 is the main character here, no debate. ✋

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 .

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💜 — brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, 2017, and honestly they ate with the brevity. mwah. 💖✨

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