NAME

intro − introduction to RPC service library functions

DESCRIPTION

These functions constitute the RPC service library, librpcsvc. In order to get the link editor to load this library, use the −lrpcsvc option of cc. Declarations for these functions may be obtained from various include files <rpcsvc/∗.h>.

LIST OF FUNCTIONS

routineon page description
 getrpcport getrpcport(3R)get RPC port number
rex     rex(3r) remote execution protocol
rnusers rnusers(3R)return number of users on remote machine
rusers  rnusers(3R)return information about users on remote machine
rwall   rwall(3R)write to specified remote machines
spray   spray(3R)scatter data in order to check the network
yppasswdyppasswd(3R)update user password in yellow pages
 

7th Edition  —  10 August 1985