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(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

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

SEE ALSO

       nlsadmin(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

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

SunOS 5.10							    14 Nov 2002 						 nlsprovider(3NSL)