hpux man page for getrpcport

getrpcport(3N)															    getrpcport(3N)

NAME
       getrpcport() - get RPC port number

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION
       returns	the  port  number  for version versnum of the RPC program prognum running on host and using protocol proto.  It returns if the RPC
       system failed to contact the remote portmap service, the program associated with prognum is not registered, or there is no mapping  between
       the program and a port.	If prognum is registered but not with version versnum, it returns the port number of the last registered (prognum,
       proto) pair.

       This routine exists for backward compatibility only.  Enhanced functionality is provided by (see rpcbind(3N)).

WARNINGS
       User applications that call this routine must be linked with For example,

AUTHOR
       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO
       portmap(1M).

																    getrpcport(3N)