From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:43:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Documented getprotobyname() interface.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5a1~692
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=62ac99ebf55d260a947cf74bc0707dddd78a6d06;p=python

Documented getprotobyname() interface.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
index b105b228d7..3743100c54 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
@@ -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
diff --git a/Doc/libsocket.tex b/Doc/libsocket.tex
index b105b228d7..3743100c54 100644
--- a/Doc/libsocket.tex
+++ b/Doc/libsocket.tex
@@ -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