Perl endnetent Function



Description

This function tells the system you no longer expect to read entries from the networks list using getnetent.

Syntax

Following is the simple syntax for this function −

endnetent

Return Value

This function does not return any value.

Example

Following is the example code showing its basic usage −

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Socket;

while ( ($name, $aliases, $addrtype, $net)  = getnetent() ) {

   print "Name = $name\n";
   print "Aliases = $aliases\n";
   print "Addrtype = $addrtype\n";
   print "Net = $net\n";
}

setnetent(1); # Rewind the database;

while ( ($name, $aliases, $addrtype, $net)  = getnetent() ) {

   print "Name = $name\n";
   print "Aliases = $aliases\n";
   print "Addrtype = $addrtype\n";
   print "Net = $net\n";
}

endnetent();  # Closes the database;

When above code is executed, it produces the following result −

Name = default
Aliases = 
Addrtype = 2
Net = 0
Name = loopback
Aliases = 
Addrtype = 2
Net = 2130706432
Name = link-local
Aliases = 
Addrtype = 2
Net = 2851995648
Name = default
Aliases = 
Addrtype = 2
Net = 0
Name = loopback
Aliases = 
Addrtype = 2
Net = 2130706432
Name = link-local
Aliases = 
Addrtype = 2
Net = 2851995648
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