Commit 62ac99eb authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Documented getprotobyname() interface.

parent 25405c78
......@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ a list of IP addresses for the same interface on the same
host (most likely containing only a single address).
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getprotobyname}{protocolname}
Translate an Internet protocol name (e.g. \code{'icmp'}) to a constant
suitable for passing as the (optional) third argument to the
\code{socket()} function. This is usually only needed for sockets
opened in ``raw'' mode (\code{SOCK_RAW}); for the normal socket modes,
the correct protocol is chosen automatically if the protocol is
omitted or zero.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getservbyname}{servicename\, protocolname}
Translate an Internet service name and protocol name to a port number
for that service. The protocol name should be \code{'tcp'} or
......
......@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ a list of IP addresses for the same interface on the same
host (most likely containing only a single address).
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getprotobyname}{protocolname}
Translate an Internet protocol name (e.g. \code{'icmp'}) to a constant
suitable for passing as the (optional) third argument to the
\code{socket()} function. This is usually only needed for sockets
opened in ``raw'' mode (\code{SOCK_RAW}); for the normal socket modes,
the correct protocol is chosen automatically if the protocol is
omitted or zero.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getservbyname}{servicename\, protocolname}
Translate an Internet service name and protocol name to a port number
for that service. The protocol name should be \code{'tcp'} or
......
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