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Function name : getprotobyname

Group: Windows Sockets 2 (Winsock) - Library: iphlpapi

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The getprotobyname function retrieves the protocol information corresponding to a protocol name.

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Code examples:

Winsock: how to retrieve the protocol information corresponding to a protocol name

Declaration:

struct PROTOENT FAR * getprotobyname(
  const char FAR *name
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER getprotobyname IN ws2_32;
	STRING name  

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Parameters:

name [in] Pointer to a null-terminated protocol name.

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Return value:

If no error occurs, getprotobyname returns a pointer to the protoent. Otherwise, it returns a NULL pointer and a specific error number can be retrieved by calling WSAGetLastError.

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