NAME

nlsprovider − get name of transport provider

SYNOPSIS

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. 

RETURN VALUES

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

FILES

/usr/lib/libslan.a (7300)

/usr/lib/libnls.a (3B2 Computer)

/usr/lib/libnsl_s.a

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

SEE ALSO

nlsadmin(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

This interface is unsafe in multithreaded applications.  Unsafe interfaces should be called only from the main thread. 

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 30 Dec 1996