Protocols Database Access

The protocol module provides thread-safe access to the operatins system protocols database.

See protocols(5) and getprotoent(3) for details.

fn protocol_by_name(name string) !ProtocolEntry

protocol_by_name returns the protocol entry by name e.g. 'tcp', 'icmp'.

fn protocol_by_number(num int) !ProtocolEntry

protocol_by_number returns the protocol entry by protocol number.

fn protocols() []ProtocolEntry

protocols returns all protocol entries from database in arbitrary order.

struct ProtocolEntry {
pub:
	name    string   // The official name of protocol.
	aliases []string // List of alternative names for the protocol.
	number  int      // The protocol number.
}