Networking Services Library Functions           nlsprovider(3NSL)



NAME
     nlsprovider - get name of transport provider

SYNOPSIS
     char *nlsprovider(void);


DESCRIPTION
     nlsprovider() returns a pointer to a null-terminated charac-
     ter string which contains the name of the transport provider
     as placed in the environment by the  listener  process.   If
     the  variable  is  not  defined  in  the environment, a NUL
     pointer is returned.


     The  environment  variable  is  only  available  to   server
     processes started by the listener process.

RETURN VALUES
     If the variable is not defined in the  environment,  a  NUL
     pointer is returned.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libnls.so.1    shared object


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     MT-Level                     Unsafe                      
    


SEE ALSO
     nlsadmin(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES
     This interface  is  unsafe  in  multithreaded  applications.
     Unsafe  interfaces  should  be  called  only  from  the main
     thread.









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