NBP_NAME(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       NBP_NAME(3)

NAME

       nbp_name - NBP name parsing

SYNOPSIS

       nbp_name( name, obj, type, zone )
       char *name, **obj, **type, **zone;

DESCRIPTION

       nbp_name()  parses user supplied names into their component object, type, and zone.  obj, type, and zone should be passed by reference, and
       should point to the caller's default values.  nbp_name() will change  the  pointers  to	the  parsed-out  values.   name  is  of  the  form
       object:type@zone,  where  each  of  object, :type, and @zone replace obj, type, and zone, respectively.	type must be proceeded by `:', and
       zone must be preceded by `@'.

EXAMPLE

       The argument of afpd(8)'s -n option is parsed with nbp_name().  The default value of obj is the first component of the  machine's  hostname
       (as  returned  by gethostbyname(3)).  The default value of type is ``AFPServer'', and of zone is ``*'', the default zone.  To cause afpd to
       register itself in some zone other than the default, one would invoke it as

	      afpd -n @some-other-zone

       obj and type would retain their default values.

BUGS

       obj, type, and zone return pointers into static area which may be over-written on each call.

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