Perl endprotoent Function



Description

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

Syntax

Following is the simple syntax for this function −

endprotoent

Return Value

This function does not return any value.

Example

Following is the example code showing its basic usage −

#!/usr/bin/perl

while(($name, $aliases, $protocol_number) = getprotoent()) {
   print "Name = $name\n";
   print "Aliases = $aliases\n";
   print "Protocol Number = $protocol_number\n";
}

setprotoent(1); # Rewind the database.

while(($name, $aliases, $protocol_number) = getprotoent()) {
   print "Name = $name\n";
   print "Aliases = $aliases\n";
   print "Protocol Number = $protocol_number\n";
}
endprotoent();  # Closes the database

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

Name = ip
Aliases = IP
Protocol Number = 0
Name = hopopt
Aliases = HOPOPT
Protocol Number = 0
Name = icmp
Aliases = ICMP
Protocol Number = 1
Name = igmp
Aliases = IGMP
Protocol Number = 2
Name = ggp
Aliases = GGP
Protocol Number = 3
Name = ipencap
Aliases = IP-ENCAP
Protocol Number = 4
Name = st
Aliases = ST
Protocol Number = 5
Name = tcp
Aliases = TCP
Protocol Number = 6
.
.
.
Name = manet
Aliases = manet
Protocol Number = 138
Name = hip
Aliases = HIP
Protocol Number = 139
Name = shim6
Aliases = Shim6
Protocol Number = 140
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