spray(3N)                        UNIX System V                        spray(3N)


NAME
      spray - scatter data in order to check the network

SYNOPSIS
      #include <rpcsvc/spray.h>

DESCRIPTION
      The spray protocol sends packets to a given machine to test the speed and
      reliability of communications with that machine.

      The spray protocol is not a C function interface, per se, but can be
      accessed using the generic remote procedure calling interface clntcall()
      [see rpcclntcalls(3N)].  The protocol sends a packet to the called
      host.  The host acknowledges receipt of the packet.  The protocol counts
      the number of acknowledgments and can return that count.

      The spray protocol currently supports the following procedures, which
      should be called in the order given:

      SPRAYPROCCLEAR
                  This procedure clears the counter.

      SPRAYPROCSPRAY
                  This procedure sends the packet.

      SPRAYPROCGET
                  This procedure returns the count and the amount of time since
                  the last SPRAYPROCCLEAR.

      The following XDR routines are available in librpcsvc:

      xdrsprayarr
      xdrspraycumul

EXAMPLE
      The following code fragment demonstrates how the spray protocol is used:
      #include <rpc/rpc.h>
      #include <rpcsvc/spray.h>

       .  .  .
            spraycumul  sprayresult;
            sprayarr    spraydata;
            char        buf[100];         /* arbitrary data */
            int         loop = 1000;
            CLIENT      *clnt;
            struct timeval timeout0 = {0, 0};
            struct timeval timeout25 = {25, 0};

            spraydata.sprayarrlen = (uint)100;
            spraydata.sprayarrval = buf;

            clnt = clntcreate("somehost", SPRAYPROG, SPRAYVERS, "netpath");


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            if (clnt == (CLIENT *)NULL) {
                  /* handle this error */
            }
            if (clntcall(clnt, SPRAYPROCCLEAR,
                  xdrvoid, NULL, xdrvoid, NULL, timeout25)) {
                        /* handle this error */
            }
            while (loop-- > 0) {
                  if (clntcall(clnt, SPRAYPROCSPRAY,
                        xdrsprayarr, &spraydata, xdrvoid, NULL, timeout0)) {
                              /* handle this error */
                  }
            }
            if (clntcall(clnt, SPRAYPROCGET,
                  xdrvoid, NULL, xdrspraycumul, &sprayresult, timeout25)) {
                        /* handle this error */
            }
            printf("Acknowledged %ld of 1000 packets in %d secs %d usecs\n",
                  sprayresult.counter,
                  sprayresult.clock.sec,
                  sprayresult.clock.usec);


SEE ALSO
      rpcclntcalls(3N), spray(1M), sprayd(1M)





























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