1[manpage_begin nameserv::common n 0.1]
2[copyright {2007-2008 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>}]
3[moddesc   {Name service facility}]
4[titledesc {Name service facility, shared definitions}]
5[category  Networking]
6[require Tcl 8]
7[require nameserv::common [opt 0.1]]
8[keywords {name service} client server]
9[see_also nameserv::client(n)]
10[see_also nameserv::server(n)]
11[description]
12
13Please read [term {Name service facility, introduction}] first.
14
15[para]
16
17This package is internal and of no interest to users. It provides the
18commands of the name service facility which are shared by the client
19and server implemented by the packages [package nameserv::server] and
20[package nameserv] (the client).
21
22[para]
23
24This service is built in top of and for the package [package comm].
25It has nothing to do with the Internet's Domain Name System. If the
26reader is looking for a package dealing with that please see Tcllib's
27packages [package dns] and [package resolv].
28
29[section API]
30
31The package exports a single command, as specified below:
32
33[list_begin definitions]
34
35[call [cmd ::nameserv::common::port]]
36
37The result returned by the command is the id of the default TCP/IP
38port a nameservice server will listen on, and a name service client
39will try to connect to.
40
41[list_end]
42
43[section {BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK}]
44
45This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
46bugs and other problems.
47
48Please report such in the category [emph nameserv] of the
49[uri {http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883} {Tcllib SF Trackers}].
50
51Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either
52package and/or documentation.
53
54[manpage_end]
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