Manpages - getrpcport.3t
The
function returns the port number for version
of the RPC program
running on
and using protocol
It returns 0 if it cannot contact the portmapper, or if
is not registered. If
is registered but not with version
it will still return a port number (for some version of the program) indicating that the program is indeed registered. The version mismatch will be detected upon the first call to the service.
The
function is part of libtirpc.