Library /sys$common/syshlp/HELPLIB.HLB  —  TCPIP Services, Programming Interfaces, Socket API Functions, getprotobyname()
    Searches the protocols table until a matching protocol name is
    found or until the end of the table is encountered.
    Format
      #include  <netdb.h>
      struct protoent *getprotobyname  ( char *name );

1  –  Argument

 name
    A pointer to a string containing the desired protocol name.

2  –  Description

    This function returns a pointer to a protoent structure
    containing data from the protocols table. For information about
    the protoent structure, refer to protoent Structure.
    All information is contained in a static area, so it must be
    copied to be saved.
    Related Functions
    See also getprotoent() and getprotobynumber().

3  –  Return Values

    NULL               Indicates the end of the table or an error.
    x                  A pointer to a protoent structure.
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