ONC+ Developer's Guide

Simplified Interface Routines

The simplified interfaces are used to make remote procedure calls to routines on other machines, and specify only the type of transport to use. The routines at this level are used for most applications. You can find descriptions and code samples in the section "Simplified Interface".

Table 2-1 RPC Routines--Simplified Level

Routine 

Function 

rpc_reg()

Registers a procedure as an RPC program on all transports of the specified type 

rpc_call()

Remote calls the specified procedure on the specified remote host 

rpc_broadcast()

Broadcasts a call message across all transports of the specified type