setservent() -- Sockets Function (libsocket)

Open the services file

#include <netdb.h> int setservent(stayopen) int stayopen;

Function setservent() opens  or rewinds file /etc/services, which describes
the services offered by TCP/IP on  your local network.  If flag stayopen is
set to  a non-zero value,  /etc/services is not  closed after each  call to
getservbyport() or getservbyname().

See Also

getservbyname(),
getservbyport(),
getservent(),
endservent(),
libsocket,
netdb.h

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness