xdr_sizeof(3N)                                        xdr_sizeof(3N)


       NAME
             xdr_sizeof - library routine for external data representation

       SYNOPSIS
             cc [options] file -lnsl
             #include <rpc/xdr.h>
             unsigned long xdr_sizeof(xdrproc_t func, void *data);

       DESCRIPTION
             XDR library routines allow C programmers to describe arbitrary
             data structures in a machine-independent way.  Protocols such
             as remote procedure calls (RPC) use these routines to describe
             the format of the data.

             xdr_sizeof returns the number of bytes required to encode
             data.

          Routine
             This routine returns the number of bytes required to encode
             data using the XDR filter function func, excluding potential
             overhead such as RPC headers or record markers.  Zero is
             returned on error.

             The information returned by xdr_sizeof might be used to select
             between transport protocols, to determine the buffer size for
             various lower levels of RPC client and server creation
             routines, or to allocate storage when XDR is used outside the
             RPC subsystem.

       REFERENCES
             rpc(3N), xdr_admin(3N), xdr_complex(3N), xdr_create(3N),
             xdr_simple(3N)
















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