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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     rpc_clnt_calls, clnt_call, 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

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #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);

     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(CLIENT *clnt, const char *s);

     char *
     clnt_sperrno(const enum clnt_stat stat);

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

     enum clnt_stat
     rpc_broadcast(const rpcprog_t prognum, const rpcvers_t versnum,
	 const rpcproc_t procnum, const xdrproc_t inproc, const caddr_t in,
	 const xdrproc_t outproc, caddr_t out, const resultproc_t eachresult,
	 const char *nettype);

     enum clnt_stat
     rpc_broadcast_exp(const rpcprog_t prognum, const rpcvers_t versnum,
	 const rpcproc_t procnum, const xdrproc_t xargs, caddr_t argsp,
	 const xdrproc_t xresults, caddr_t resultsp,
	 const resultproc_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    [Toc]    [Back]

     RPC library routines allow C language programs to make procedure calls on
     other machines across the network.  First, the client calls a procedure
     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 in the case of errors.

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

     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 (that is, the first request
     will receive its results before the second request is sent).

Routines    [Toc]    [Back]

     See rpc(3) 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(3)).  The inproc argument is the XDR function used
	    to encode the procedure's arguments, and outproc is the XDR function
 used to decode the procedure's results; in is the address of
	    the procedure's argument(s), and out is the address of where to
	    place the result(s).  The tout argument is the time allowed for
	    results to be returned, which is overridden by a time-out set
	    explicitly through clnt_control(), see rpc_clnt_create(3).	If the
	    remote call succeeds, the status returned is RPC_SUCCESS, otherwise
 an appropriate status is returned.

     clnt_freeres()
	    A function macro that frees any data allocated by the RPC/XDR system
 when it decoded the results of an RPC call.  The out argument
	    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, and 0 otherwise.

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

     clnt_perrno()
	    Print a message to standard error corresponding to the condition
	    indicated by stat.	A newline is appended.	Normally used after a
	    procedure call fails for a routine for which a client handle is
	    not needed, for instance rpc_call().

     clnt_perror()
	    Print 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.  Normally
 used after a remote procedure call fails for a routine which
	    requires a client handle, for instance clnt_call().

     clnt_sperrno()
	    Take the same arguments as clnt_perrno(), but instead of sending a
	    message to the standard error indicating why an RPC call failed,
	    return a pointer to a string which contains the message.  The
	    clnt_sperrno() function 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), or if the programmer does
	    not want the message to be output with printf() (see printf(3)),
	    or if a message format different than that supported by
	    clnt_perrno() is to be used.  Note: unlike clnt_sperror() and
	    clnt_spcreateerror() (see rpc_clnt_create(3)), clnt_sperrno() does
	    not return pointer to static data so the result will not get overwritten
 on each call.

     clnt_sperror()
	    Like 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 message.
  Warning: returns pointer to a buffer that is overwritten on
	    each call.

     rpc_broadcast()
	    Like rpc_call(), except 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.  Warning: broadcast file descriptors
 are limited in size to the maximum transfer size of that
	    transport.	For Ethernet, this value is 1500 bytes.  The
	    rpc_broadcast() function uses AUTH_SYS credentials by default (see
	    rpc_clnt_auth(3)).

     rpc_broadcast_exp()
	    Like rpc_broadcast(), except that the initial timeout, inittime
	    and the maximum timeout, waittime are specified in milliseconds.
	    The inittime argument is the initial time that rpc_broadcast_exp()
	    waits before resending the request.  After the first resend, the
	    re-transmission interval increases exponentially until it exceeds
	    waittime.

     rpc_call()
	    Call the remote procedure associated with prognum, versnum, and
	    procnum on the machine, host.  The inproc argument is used to
	    encode the procedure's arguments, and outproc is used to decode
	    the procedure's results; in is the address of the procedure's
	    argument(s), and out is the address of where to place the
	    result(s).	The nettype argument can be any of the values listed
	    on rpc(3).	This routine returns RPC_SUCCESS if it succeeds, or an
	    appropriate status is returned.  Use the clnt_perrno() routine to
	    translate failure status into error messages.  Warning: rpc_call()
	    uses the first available transport belonging to the class nettype,
	    on which it can create a connection.  You do not have control of
	    timeouts or authentication using this routine.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     printf(3), rpc(3), rpc_clnt_auth(3), rpc_clnt_create(3)


FreeBSD 5.2.1			  May 7, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1
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