SERVENT Structure

The servent structure is used to store or return the name and service number for a given service name.

Syntax

typedef struct servent {
    char *s_name;
    char **s_aliases;
    char *s_proto;
    short s_port;
} SERVENT, *PSERVENT, *LPSERVENT;  

Members

s_name
The official name of the service.

s_aliases
A NULL-terminated array of alternate names.

s_proto
The name of the protocol to use when contacting the service.

s_port
The port number at which the service can be contacted. Port numbers are returned in network byte order.

Requirements

Header: Declared in winsock2.h.

Library: Use ws2_32.lib.