setservent

Opens and rewinds the network services database file.

#include  <netdb.h>

void setservent  (int stay_open);

stay_open

Specifies a value used to indicate when to close the network services database file:

0 (zero) to close the network services database file after each call to the getservent routine.
nonzero to keep the network services database file open after each call to getservent.

The setservent routine opens the network services database file and resets the file marker to the beginning of the file.

Passing a nonzero value to the stay_open parameter keeps the connection open until you call the endservent, or exit routine.

See also endservent, exit, and getservent in this section.