getprotoent

Gets a protocol database entry from the protocols database file.

#include  <netdb.h>

struct protoent *getprotoent  (void);

The getprotoent routine reads the next entry of the database, opening a connection to the database, if necessary.

See the <netdb.h> header file for a description of the protoent structure.

See also getprotobyname, getprotobynumber, setprotoent, and endprotoent in this section.

x	A pointer to a protoent structure.
NULL	Indicates an error or EOF.