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DPNS_PING
Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2007/05/09 06:38:31 $
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NAME
dpns_ping - check if name server is alive and return its version number
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"
int dpns_ping (char *server,
char *info)
DESCRIPTION
dpns_ping
checks if the name server is alive and returns its version number.
OPTIONS
- server
-
specifies the DPNS Name Server hostname.
If NULL, the DPNS_HOST environment variable is used.
- info
-
points at a buffer to receive the information (currently the version number).
The buffer must be at least 256 characters long.
RETURN VALUE
This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation
failed. In the latter case,
serrno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
- EFAULT
-
info
is a NULL pointer.
- SENOSHOST
-
Host unknown.
- SENOSSERV
-
Service unknown.
- SECOMERR
-
Communication error.
- ENSNACT
-
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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