nlsprovider(3N)                                      nlsprovider(3N)


       NAME
             nlsprovider - get name of transport provider

       SYNOPSIS
             cc [options] file -lnls -lnsl
             #include <listen.h>
             char *nlsprovider(void);

       DESCRIPTION
             nlsprovider returns a pointer to a null terminated character
             string which contains the name of the transport provider as
             placed in the environment by the listener process.  If the
             variable is not defined in the environment, a NULL pointer is
             returned.

             The environment variable is only available to server processes
             started by the listener process.

          Files
             /usr/lib/libnls.a
             /usr/lib/libnsl.so

          Return Values
             If the variable is not defined in the environment, a NULL
             pointer is returned.

       REFERENCES
             nlsadmin(1M)




















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