4.3BSD-UWisc/man/man3/getrpcport.3r

.\" @(#)getrpcport.3r 1.1 85/12/28 SMI; new on release 3.0
.TH GETRPCPORT 3R "21 October 1985"
.SH NAME
getrpcport \- get RPC port number
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft B
.nf
int getrpcport(host, prognum, versnum, proto)
	char *host;
	int prognum, versnum, proto;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Getrpcport
returns the port number for version
.I versnum
of the RPC program
.I prognum
running on
.I host
and using protocol
.IR proto .
It returns 0 if it cannot contact the portmapper, or if
.I prognum
is not registered.  If
.I prognum
is registered but not with version
.IR versnum ,
it will return that port number.