GETSERVBYNAME(3POSIX)

💅 GETSERVBYNAME(3POSIX) — a lil' page from the POSIX Programmer's Manual

okay bestie, real talk, this one's from the POSIX Programmer's Manual ✨ so before we even start:

⚠️ This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Like, no cap — check your actual system, she's her own girl 💀

🌸 NAME 🌸

getservbyname, getservbyport, getservent — network services database functions 🦋

yes queen, the trio. the girlies of the services database 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <netdb.h>

struct servent *getservbyname(const char *name, const char *proto);
struct servent *getservbyport(int port, const char *proto);
struct servent *getservent(void);

look at them, so concise, so iconic 👑

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so the actual tea here is… refer to endservent(). that's it. that's the whole description. it's giving "go ask her sister" 😭

literally, that's what it says. endservent() has the lore. periodt.

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

ngl this part is the serious bit and we're keeping it exactly as it is, no edits, no vibes-based paraphrasing:

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 .

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 short and sweet, just like this one. mwah 💋

IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 — thanks for coming to my ted talk, love u, bye 👋✨