Solstice X.25 9.2 Developer's Guide

8.2 Function Summary

The header files used by the NLI support functions are contained in the /usr/include/netx25 directory.

These functions are related to the PAD Hosts Database:

Table 8-1 PAD related functions


function	description
`endpadent`	closes the PAD Hosts Database
`getpadbyaddr`	finds the PAD Hosts Database entry for a given address
`getpadent`	reads the next line in the PAD Hosts Database
`padtos`	converts a network PAD Hosts Database structure into a string
`setpadent`	opens and rewinds the PAD Hosts Database

These entries are related to the xhosts file:

Table 8-2 xhosts functions


function	description
`endxhostent`	closes the `xhosts` file
`getxhostbyaddr`	finds an entry in the `xhosts` file by address
`getxhostbyname`	finds an entry in the `xhosts` by name
`getxhostent`	reads the next line of the `xhosts` file
`setxhostent`	opens and rewinds the `xhosts` file

These functions are related to X.25 addressing:

Table 8-3 X.25 addressing functions


function	description
`equalx25`	compares two X.25 addresses
`stox25`	converts an X.25 dot format address to an X.25 xaddrf structure
`x25tos`	converts an X.25 xaddrf structure to an X.25 dot format address

These functions are related to configuration files:

Table 8-4 Configuration file functions


function	description
`x25_find_link_parameters`	finds link configuration files and builds a linked list of links.
`x25_read_config_parameters`	reads a configuration files into a data structure by link number
`x25_read_config_parameters_file`	reads a configuration file into a data structure by filename
`x25_save_link_parameters`	updates the configuration files
`x25_write_config_parameters`	writes a data structure into a configuration file identified by a link number
`x25_write_config_parameters_file`	writes a data structure into a configuration file identified by a filename
`x25_set_parse_error_function`	installs a function as the default error handler.

These functions are related to links:

Table 8-5 Link functions


function	description
`getnettype`	returns the type of network configured for a link
`linkidtox25`	converts a character format link identifier to numeric format
`x25tolinkid`	converts a numeric link identifier to a string