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Function name : getservbyname

Group: Windows Sockets 2 (Winsock) - Library: ws2_32

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The getservbyname function retrieves service information corresponding to a service name and protocol.

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Code examples:

Winsock: how to retrieve a service information corresponding to a service name

Declaration:

struct servent FAR * getservbyname(
  const char FAR *name,
  const char FAR *proto
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER getservbyname IN ws2_32;
	STRING name,;
	STRING proto  

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Parameters:

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

proto [in] Optional pointer to a null-terminated protocol name.

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Return value:

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

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