NLSPROVIDER(3NSL) Networking Services Library Functions NLSPROVIDER(3NSL)

NAME

nlsprovider - get name of transport provider

SYNOPSIS

char *nlsprovider(void);

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/libnls.so.1
shared object

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+---------------+-----------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------+
|MT-Level | Unsafe |
+---------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

attributes(7), nlsadmin(8)

NOTES

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

November 14, 2002 NLSPROVIDER(3NSL)