(3N) - Network services programming routines

Intro: introduction to networking functions and libraries
intro: introduction to networking functions and libraries
byteorder: htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs: convert values between host and network byte order
cs_connect, cs_perror: application interface to the Connection Server
cs_perror: application interface to the Connection Server
dial: establish an outgoing terminal line connection
dials: establish an outgoing terminal line connection
dn_comp: compresses domain name
dn_expand: expands domain name
endhostent: closes TCP connection
endnetent: end network entry
endnetent, getnetent, getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent: get network entry
endnetgrent: get network group entry
endprotoent: get protocol entry
endservent: get service entry
ether_aton: Ethernet address mapping operation
ether_hostton: Ethernet address mapping operation
ether_line: Ethernet address mapping operation
ether_ntoa: Ethernet address mapping operation
ether_ntohost: Ethernet address mapping operation
ethers: ether_aton, ether_hostton, ether_line, ether_ntoa, ether_ntohost: Ethernet address mapping operations
freeaddrinfo: release memory allocated to socket address information
ftp: FTP API operations
ftp_accnt: send user's account data to remote host
ftp_api: FTP API operations
ftp_appfile: append local file onto remote file
ftp_ascii: set data transfer type to ASCII
ftp_binary: set data transfer type to BINARY
ftp_bye: close the FTP connection
ftp_chdir: change directory on remote host
ftp_command: send FTP specific information
ftp_dataconn: open an FTP data channel socket
ftp_del: delete file on remote host
ftp_dir: list a directory on remote host
ftp_getfile: transfer file from remote to local host
ftp_idle: set idle time for the FTP connection
ftp_initconn: initialize and establish an FTP data channel
ftp_login: perform complete login to remote FTP server
ftp_mkdir: make a directory on remote host
ftp_passwd: send user's password to remote host
ftp_prconnect: establish FTP connection (control channel) with remote host
ftp_putfile: transfer file from local to remote host
ftp_pwd: get current working directory on remote host
ftp_rmdir: remove directory on remote host
ftp_setport: set the destination port number of the peer FTP server
ftp_settype: set data transfer type for FTP connection
ftp_site: send SITE command to remote FTP server
ftp_user: send user's name to remote host
gai_strerror: return description of getaddrinfo error
getaddrinfo: get socket address information related to a specified service location
getaddrinfo, freeaddrinfo, gai_strerror: get socket address information related to a specified service location
gethostbyaddr: get network host entry by address
gethostbyname: get network host entry by name
gethostbyname2: get network host entry by name and address family
gethostent: get network host entry
getkey: retrieve an authentication key
getnameinfo: get name information related to an IP address and port number
get_nderror: get nderror value
get_nderror, set_nderror: get/set nderror value
getnetbyaddr: get network entry by address
getnetbyname: get network entry by name
getnetconfig: get network configuration database entry
getnetent: get network entry
getnetgrent, setnetgrent, endnetgrent, innetgr: get network group entry
getnetpath: get netconfig entry corresponding to NETPATH component
getprotobyname: get protocol entry
getprotobynumber: get protocol entry
getprotoent, getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endprotoent: get protocol entry
get_Rx_cserrno: get Rx_cserrno value
get_Rx_cserrno, set_Rx_cserrno: get/set Rx_cserrno value
get_Rx_errno: get Rx_errno value
get_Rx_errno, set_Rx_errno: get/set Rx_errno value
getservbyname: get service entry
getservbyport: get service entry
getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent: get service entry
htonl: convert values between host and network byte order
htons: convert values between host and network byte order
if_freenameindex: free dynamic memory allocated by if_nameindex
ifignore: check for ignored network interface
if_indextoname: map an interface index to its name
if_nameindex: return an array of if_nameindex structures
if_nameindex, if_nametoindex, if_indextoname, if_freenameindex: interface identification functions
if_nametoindex: map an interface name to its index
IN6_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL: test an IPv6 address
IN6_IS_ADDR_LOOPBACK: test an IPv6 address
IN6_IS_ADDR_MC_GLOBAL: test scope of an IPv6 multicast address
IN6_IS_ADDR_MC_LINKLOCAL: test scope of an IPv6 multicast address
IN6_IS_ADDR_MC_NODELOCAL: test scope of an IPv6 multicast address
IN6_IS_ADDR_MC_ORGLOCAL: test scope of an IPv6 multicast address
IN6_IS_ADDR_MC_SITELOCAL: test scope of an IPv6 multicast address
IN6_IS_ADDR_MULTICAST: test an IPv6 address
IN6_IS_ADDR_SITELOCAL: test an IPv6 address
IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED: test an IPv6 address
IN6_IS_ADDR_V4COMPAT: test an IPv6 address
IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED: test an IPv6 address
inet: Internet address conversion and testing
inet_addr: Internet address conversion
inet_lnaof: Internet address conversion
inet_makeaddr: Internet address conversion
inet_netof: Internet address conversion
inet_network: Internet address conversion
inet_ntoa: Internet address conversion
inet_ntop: Internet address conversion
inet_pton: Internet address conversion
innetgr: get network group entry
netdir_free: generic transport name-to-address translation
netdir_getbyaddr: generic transport name-to-address translation
netdir_getbyname: generic transport name-to-address translation
netdir: netdir_getbyname, netdir_getbyaddr, netdir_free, netdir_options, taddr2uaddr, uaddr2taddr, netdir_perror, netdir_sperror: generic transport name-to-address translation
netdir_options: generic transport name-to-address translation
netdir_perror: generic transport name-to-address translation
netdir_sperror: generic transport name-to-address translation
nlsgetcall: get client's data passed via the listener
nlsprovider: get name of transport provider
nlsrequest: format and send listener service request message
ntohl: convert values between host and network byte order
ntohs: convert values between host and network byte order
publickey: getpublickey, getsecretkey: retrieve public or secret key
rcmd, rresvport, ruserok: routines for returning a stream to a remote command
res_init: reads initialization file
res_mkquery: makes a standard query message
resolver: res_mkquery, res_query, res_search, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand: resolver routines
res_query: interface to server query mechanism
res_search: extended interface to server query mechanism
res_send: sends a query to name server
rexec: return stream to a remote command
rexecve, rx_set_ioctl_hand, rx_set_write_hand, rx_fd, rx_proc_msg, rx_write, rx_signal, rx_act_exit, rx_free_conn: REXEC support routines
rresvport: routines for returning a stream to a remote command
ruserok: routines for returning a stream to a remote command
rusers: return information about users on remote machines
rwall: write to specified remote machines
rx_act_exit: REXEC support routines
rx_fd: REXEC support routines
rx_free_conn: REXEC support routines
rx_proc_msg: REXEC support routines
rx_set_ioctl_hand: REXEC support routines
rx_set_write_hand: REXEC support routines
rx_signal: REXEC support routines
rx_write: REXEC support routines
sethostent: use TCP socket for queries
set_nderror: set nderror value
setnetent: set network entry
setnetgrent: get network group entry
setprotoent: get protocol entry
set_Rx_cserrno: set Rx_cserrno value
set_Rx_errno: set Rx_errno value
setservent: get service entry
taddr2uaddr: generic transport name-to-address translation
uaddr2taddr: generic transport name-to-address translation
yppasswd: update user password in NIS database