Carlo Florendo wrote: > On a curious note, why do the inetutils apps like ftp, telnet, etc. > still use getservbyname() and the other getserv functions when, as you > said, > these apps could just have the port and protocol hardcoded or specified > in a config file?
As far as I know that traces back to the original TCP/IP networking code in unix, 4.2BSD circa 1983 from what a quick google shows. Back then things were a lot simpler and I suppose it was more straightforward to have one config file that defined all the services the box was running and what ports they were to listen on, and to have each daemon query that file through getservbyname(). As far as I know the tools in inetutils are the direct descendents of the original BSD commands from way back, so the code still uses those methods. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
