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Name

nlsprovider - get name of transport provider

Synopsis

char *nlsprovider(void);

MT-Level

Unsafe

Description

nlsprovider() returns a pointer to a null terminated character string which contains the name of the transport provider as placed in the environment by the listener process. If the variable is not defined in the environment, a NULL pointer is returned.

The environment variable is only available to server processes started by the listener process.

Return Values

If the variable is not defined in the environment, a NULL pointer is returned.

Files

/usr/lib/libslan.a (7300)
/usr/lib/libnls.a (3B2 Computer)
/usr/lib/libnsl_s.a

See Also

nlsadmin(1M)

Notes

This interface is unsafe in multithreaded applications. Unsafe interfaces should be called only from the main thread.

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