Cogent API and Utilities: Version 4.1
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IP_NserveLookup

IP_NserveLookup -- fills in a known task structure.

Syntax

int IP_NserveLookup(char* name, IP_Task* task);

Arguments

name

A task name.

task

An empty task structure to hold the result.

Returns

0 on success, or -1 on failure and errno is set.

Description

This function queries nserve for the first task corresponding to name. The task structure is filled in with all information from nserve. Strings are allocated as necessary, and will be deallocated when the task pointer is submitted to IP_TaskDestroy.

See Also

The Cascade NameServer, Cascade NameServer Functions, nserve, IP_NserveLookupID, IP_NserveLookupName

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