txt: ## dist_zef-lizmat-P5getservbyname.md
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  # NAME
  
  Raku port of Perl's getservbyname() and associated built-ins
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use P5getservbyname;
  # exports getservbyname, getservbyport, getservent, setservent, endservent
  
  say getservbyport(Scalar, 25, "tcp");   # "smtp"
  
  my @result_byname = getservbyname("smtp");
  
  my @result_byport = getservbyport(|@result_byname[3,4]);
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  This module tries to mimic the behaviour of Perl's `getservbyname` and associated built-ins as closely as possible in the Raku Programming Language.
  
  It exports by default:
  
  ```
  endservent getservbyname getservbyport getservent setservent
  
  ```
  
  # ORIGINAL PERL 5 DOCUMENTATION
  
  ```
  getservbyname NAME,PROTO
  getservbyport PORT,PROTO
  getservent
  setservent STAYOPEN
  endservent
          These routines are the same as their counterparts in the system C
          library. In list context, the return values from the various get
          routines are as follows:
  
           # 0        1          2           3         4
           ( $name,   $aliases,  $port,      $proto    ) = getserv*
  
          (If the entry doesn't exist you get an empty list.)
  
          In scalar context, you get the name, unless the function was a
          lookup by name, in which case you get the other thing, whatever it
          is. (If the entry doesn't exist you get the undefined value.)
  
  ```
  
  # PORTING CAVEATS
  
  This module depends on the availability of POSIX semantics. This is generally not available on Windows, so this module will probably not work on Windows.
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/P5getservbyname> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  Re-imagined from Perl as part of the CPAN Butterfly Plan.
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  