Creates an ONC RPC client handle for a nonbuffered I/O UDP connection. Format #include <rpc/rpc.h> CLIENT *clntudp_create(struct sockaddr_in *addr, u_long prognum, u_long versnum, struct timeval wait, register int *sockp);
1 – Arguments
addr A pointer to a buffer containing the Internet address where the remote program is located. prognum The program number associated with the remote procedure. versnum The version number associated with the remote procedure. wait The amount of time used between call retransmission if no response is received. Retransmission occurs until the ONC RPC calls time out. sockp A pointer to the socket number to be used for the remote procedure call. If sockp is RPC_ANYSOCK, then this routine opens a new socket and sets sockp.
2 – Description
Creates an ONC RPC client handle for the remote program prognum, version versnum at address addr. The client uses UDP as the transport. The routine is similar to the clnt_create routine, except clntudp_create allows you to specify a socket and the UDP retransmission time. If you specify the port number as zero by using addr->sin_port, the Portmapper provides the number of the port on which the remote program is listening. The clntudp_create routine uses the global variable rpc_ createerr. rpc_createerr is a structure that contains the most recent service creation error. Use rpc_createerr if you want the client program to handle the error. The value of rpc_createerr is set by any RPC client creation routine that does not succeed. The rpc_createerr variable is defined in the CLNT.H file. The socket referenced by sockp is copied into a private area for RPC to use. It is the client's responsibility to close the socket referenced by sockp. The authentication scheme for the client, client->cl_auth, gets set to null authentication. The calling program can set this to something different if necessary. NOTES Since UDP/IP messages can only hold up to 8 KB of encoded data, this transport cannot be used for procedures that take large arguments or return huge results. If addr->sin_port is 0 and the requested program is available on the host but the program does not support the requested version number, this routine still succeeds. A subsequent call to the clnt_call routine will discover the version mismatch. Use the clnt_create_vers routine if you want to avoid this condition.
3 – Return Values
CLIENT * A pointer to the client handle. NULL Indicates failure.