SETNETENT(3POSIX)

🌸 SETNETENT(3POSIX) — the POSIX Programmer's Manual, bestie edition 🌸

okay so hi, you found the page for setnetent, and yeah it lives in the POSIX Programmer's Manual (that's the <pink>3POSIX</pink> bit in the corner, iykyk) 💖

✨ PROLOG ✨

Real talk before we even start: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or honestly the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all. Vibe check accordingly 🫶

👑 NAME 👑

setnetent — network database function

that's it, that's the whole name section, she's mysterious 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <netdb.h>

void setnetent(int stayopen);

like... that's the whole thing. she's small. she's powerful. she's giving minimalist icon ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: refer to endnetent(). that's the whole description. this page is literally just a signpost pointing you at her sister function, no cap 😭

not me writing a whole dramatic description for a function that just says "go read the other one" 💀 but fr fr, endnetent() is where the actual info lives, so go there bestie 🏃‍♀️💨

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

okay legal moment, stay with me, this part matters 🌈

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. 👑 (that's the main character right there, 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, love that for us 💖

signing off with the actual credits so you know who ate: IEEE/The Open Group, year 2017 — slay, periodt 👑✨💅