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This structure is used to store or return the name and service number for a given service name.

Syntax

struct servent {
  char FAR* 
s_name;
  char FAR* FAR* 
s_aliases;
  short 
s_port;
  char FAR* 
s_proto;
};

Members

s_name

Official name of the service.

s_aliases

Null-terminated array of alternate names.

s_port

Port number at which the service can be contacted. Port numbers are returned in network byte order.

s_proto

Name of the protocol to use when contacting the service.

Requirements

Header winsock2.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Other Resources

Windows Sockets