VMS Help TCPIP Services, Programming Interfaces, RPC XDR Routines, xdr_pmap_#  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Serializes and deserializes Portmapper parameters.
    Format
      #include  <tcpip$rpcxdr.h>
      bool_t  xdr_pmap(XDR *xdrs, struct pmap *regs);

1 - Arguments

 xdrs
    A pointer to an XDR stream handle created by one of the XDR
    stream handle creation routines.
 regs
    A pointer to the pmap structure. This structure contains the
    program number, version number, protocol number, and port number.

2 - Description

    Describes parameters to various Portmapper procedures,
    externally. This routine is useful for users who want to generate
    these parameters without using the Portmapper interface.

3 - Return Values

    TRUE               Indicates success.
    FALSE              Indicates failure.