debian man page for dpns_ping

DPNS_PING(3)						      DPNS Library Functions						      DPNS_PING(3)

NAME
       dpns_ping - check if name server is alive and return its version number

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include "dpns_api.h"

       int dpns_ping (char *server, char *info)

DESCRIPTION
       dpns_ping checks if the name server is alive and returns its version number.

OPTIONS
       server specifies the DPNS Name Server hostname.	If NULL, the DPNS_HOST environment variable is used.

       info   points at a buffer to receive the information (currently the version number).  The buffer must be at least 256 characters long.

RETURN VALUE
       This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       EFAULT	    info is a NULL pointer.

       SENOSHOST    Host unknown.

       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

       ENSNACT	    Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

DPNS
							   $Date: 2007/05/09 06:38:31 $ 					      DPNS_PING(3)