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rpc_clnt_calls(3NSL) Networking Services Library Functionsrpc_clnt_calls(3NSL)

NAME
       rpc_clnt_calls,	 clnt_call,   clnt_send,   clnt_freeres,  clnt_geterr,
       clnt_perrno, clnt_perror,  clnt_sperrno,	 clnt_sperror,	rpc_broadcast,
       rpc_broadcast_exp, rpc_call - library routines for client side calls

SYNOPSIS
       #include <rpc/rpc.h>

       enum   clnt_stat clnt_call(CLIENT *clnt, const rpcproc_t procnum, const
       xdrproc_t inproc, const caddr_t in, const  xdrproc_t  outproc,  caddr_t
       out, const struct timeval tout);

       enum  clnt_stat	clnt_send  (CLIENT  *clnt, const u_long procnum, const
       xdrproc_t proc, const caddr_t in);

       bool_t clnt_freeres(CLIENT *clnt, const xdrproc_t outproc, caddr_t out,
       );

       void clnt_geterr(const CLIENT *clnt, struct rpc_err *errp);

       void clnt_perrno(const enum clnt_stat stat);

       void clnt_perror(const CLIENT *clnt, const char *s);

       char *clnt_sperrno(const enum clnt_stat stat);

       char *clnt_sperror(const CLIENT *clnt, const char *s);

       enum  clnt_stat	rpc_broadcast(const rpcprog_t prognum, const rpcvers_t
       versnum, const rpcproc_t procnum, const xdrproc_tinproc, const  caddr_t
       in,  const  xdrproc_t  outproc, caddr_t out, const resultproc_t eachre‐
       sult, const char *nettype);

       enum  clnt_stat	rpc_broadcast_exp(const	  rpcprog_t   prognum,	 const
       rpcvers_t  versnum,  const  rpcproc_t  procnum,	const  xdrproc_txargs,
       caddr_t argsp, const xdrproc_txresults, caddr_t resultsp, const result‐
       proc_t  eachresult,  const int inittime, const int waittime, const char
       *nettype);

       enum clnt_stat rpc_call(const  char  *host,  const  rpcprog_t  prognum,
       const  rpcvers_t	 versnum,  const  rpcproc_t  procnum,  const xdrproc_t
       inproc, const char *in, const xdrproc_t outproc, char *out, const  char
       *nettype);

DESCRIPTION
       RPC library routines allow  C language programs to make procedure calls
       on other machines across the network. First, the client calls a	proce‐
       dure  to send a request to the server. Upon receipt of the request, the
       server calls a dispatch routine to perform the  requested  service  and
       then sends back a reply.

       The  clnt_call(),  rpc_call(),  and rpc_broadcast() routines handle the
       client side of the procedure call. The  remaining  routines  deal  with
       error handling.

       Some  of	 the routines take a CLIENT handle as one of the parameters. A
       CLIENT handle can be created  by	 an   RPC  creation  routine  such  as
       clnt_create(). See rpc_clnt_create(3NSL).

       These  routines	are safe for use in multithreaded applications. CLIENT
       handles can be shared between threads; however, in this	implementation
       requests by different threads are serialized. In other words, the first
       request will receive its results before the second request is sent.

   Routines
       See rpc(3NSL) for the definition of the CLIENT data structure.

       clnt_call()

	   A function macro that calls the remote procedure procnum associated
	   with	 the client handle, clnt, which is obtained with an RPC client
	   creation routine such as clnt_create(). See	rpc_clnt_create(3NSL).
	   The parameter inproc is the	XDR function used to encode the proce‐
	   dure's parameters, and outproc is the  XDR function used to	decode
	   the procedure's results. in is the address of the procedure's argu‐
	   ment(s), and out is the address of where to	place  the  result(s).
	   tout is the time allowed for results to be returned, which is over‐
	   ridden by a time-out set  explicitly	 through  clnt_control().  See
	   rpc_clnt_create(3NSL).

	   If  the  remote  call succeeds, the status returned is RPC_SUCCESS.
	   Otherwise, an appropriate status is returned.

       clnt_send()

	   Use the clnt_send() function to call a  remote  asynchronous	 func‐
	   tion.

	   The	clnt_send() function calls the remote function procnum() asso‐
	   ciated with the client handle, clnt, which is obtained with an  RPC
	   client  creation  routine  such as clnt_create(). See rpc_clnt_cre‐
	   ate(3NSL). The parameter proc is the XDR function  used  to	encode
	   the	procedure's parameters. The parameter in is the address of the
	   procedure's argument(s).

	   By default, the blocking  I/O  mode	is  used.  See	the  clnt_con‐
	   trol(3NSL) man page for more information on I/O modes.

	   The clnt_send() function does not check if the program version num‐
	   ber supplied to clnt_create() is registered with the	 rpcbind  ser‐
	   vice.  Use  clnt_create_vers() instead of clnt_create() to check on
	   incorrect  version  number  registration.  clnt_create_vers()  will
	   return  a  valid  handle to the client only if a version within the
	   range supplied to clnt_create_vers() is supported by the server.

	   RPC_SUCCESS is returned when a request is successfully delivered to
	   the	transport  layer.  This	 does  not  mean  that the request was
	   received. If an error is returned, use the  clnt_getterr()  routine
	   to  find  the failure status or the clnt_perrno() routine to trans‐
	   late the failure status into error messages.

       clnt_freeres()

	   A function macro that frees any data allocated by the RPC/XDR  sys‐
	   tem	when it decoded the results of an  RPC call. The parameter out
	   is the address of the results,  and	outproc	 is  the  XDR  routine
	   describing  the results. This routine returns 1 if the results were
	   successfully freed; otherwise it returns 0.

       clnt_geterr()

	   A function macro that copies the error structure out of the	client
	   handle to the structure at address errp.

       clnt_perrno()

	   Prints  a  message to standard error corresponding to the condition
	   indicated by stat. A <newline> is appended.	It  is	normally  used
	   after  a procedure call fails for a routine for which a client han‐
	   dle is not needed, for instance rpc_call()

       clnt_perror()

	   Prints a message to the standard error indicating why an  RPC  call
	   failed;  clnt  is  the  handle  used to do the call. The message is
	   prepended with string s and a colon. A <newline> is appended.  This
	   routine  is normally used after a remote procedure call fails for a
	   routine that requires a client handle, for instance clnt_call().

       clnt_sperrno()

	   Takes the same arguments as clnt_perrno(), but instead of sending a
	   message  to	the  standard error indicating why an RPC call failed,
	   returns a pointer to a string that contains the message.

	   clnt_sperrno() is normally used instead of clnt_perrno()  when  the
	   program  does  not have a standard error, as a program running as a
	   server quite likely does not. clnt_sperrno() is also	 used  if  the
	   programmer does not want the message to be output with printf(), or
	   if a message format different than that supported by	 clnt_perrno()
	   is	to   be	 used.	See  printf(3C).   Unlike  clnt_sperror()  and
	   clnt_spcreaterror(), clnt_sperrno() does not return	a  pointer  to
	   static data. Therefore, the result is not overwritten on each call.
	   See rpc_clnt_create(3NSL).

       clnt_sperror()

	   Similar to  clnt_perror(),  except  that  like  clnt_sperrno(),  it
	   returns  a  string  instead of printing to standard error. However,
	   clnt_sperror() does not append a <newline> at the end of  the  mes‐
	   sage.

	   clnt_sperror() returns a pointer to a buffer that is overwritten on
	   each call. In multithreaded applications,  this  buffer  is	imple‐
	   mented as thread-specific data.

       rpc_broadcast()

	   Similar to rpc_call(), except that the call message is broadcast to
	   all the connectionless transports specified by nettype. If  nettype
	   is  NULL, it defaults to netpath. Each time it receives a response,
	   this routine calls eachresult(), whose form is:

	   bool_t eachresult(caddr_t out,  const struct netbuf *addr,
	   const struct netconfig *netconf);

	   where out is the same as out passed to rpc_broadcast(), except that
	   the	remote procedure's output is decoded there. addr points to the
	   address of the machine that sent the results, and  netconf  is  the
	   netconfig  structure	 of  the  transport on which the remote server
	   responded. If eachresult() returns  0,  rpc_broadcast()  waits  for
	   more replies; otherwise, it returns with appropriate status.

	   The	broadcast  file descriptors are limited in size to the maximum
	   transfer size of that transport. For Ethernet, this value  is  1500
	   bytes.  rpc_broadcast()  uses  AUTH_SYS credentials by default. See
	   rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL).

       rpc_broadcast_exp()

	   Similar to rpc_broadcast(), except that the initial timeout,	 init‐
	   time	 and the maximum timeout, waittime, are specified in millisec‐
	   onds.

	   inittime is the initial time that rpc_broadcast_exp() waits	before
	   resending  the  request. After the first resend, the retransmission
	   interval increases exponentially until it exceeds waittime.

       rpc_call()

	   Calls the remote procedure associated with  prognum,	 versnum,  and
	   procnum  on	the  machine,  host.  The  parameter inproc is used to
	   encode the procedure's parameters, and outproc is  used  to	decode
	   the procedure's results. in is the address of the procedure's argu‐
	   ment(s), and out is the address of where to	place  the  result(s).
	   nettype  can be any of the values listed on rpc(3NSL). This routine
	   returns RPC_SUCCESS if it succeeds, or it  returns  an  appropriate
	   status.  Use	 the clnt_perrno() routine to translate failure status
	   into error messages.

	   The rpc_call() function uses the first available transport  belong‐
	   ing	to  the class nettype on which it can create a connection. You
	   do not have control of timeouts or authentication using  this  rou‐
	   tine.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Architecture		     │All			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsl (32-bit)		   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │			     │SUNWcslx (64-bit)		   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Evolving			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │MT-Level		     │MT-Safe			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       printf(3C),   rpc(3NSL),	  rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL),	rpc_clnt_create(3NSL),
       attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10			  1 Aug 2001		  rpc_clnt_calls(3NSL)
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