Curt Sampson wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > > specified? > > > > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? > > NetBSD will be, as of 1.7, though the 1.7 release is a while away yet. > (Sorry, I didn't find out about this in time to get it into for 1.6, > which is just about to be released.)
Sure, then let's start using getservbyname(), if it works. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])