Net::protoent

Net::protoent

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NAME

Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions

SYNOPSIS

use Net::protoent;
$p = getprotobyname(shift || 'tcp') || die "no proto";
printf "proto for %s is %d, aliases are %s\n",
   $p->name, $p->proto, "@{$p->aliases}";

use Net::protoent qw(:FIELDS);
getprotobyname(shift || 'tcp') || die "no proto";
print "proto for $p_name is $p_proto, aliases are @p_aliases\n";

DESCRIPTION

This module's default exports override the core getprotoent(), getprotobyname(), and getnetbyport() functions, replacing them with versions that return "Net::protoent" objects. They take default second argu