Re: [coldsync-hackers] Network Hotsyncs?

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers@ooblick.com>]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 02:14:12AM +0100, Jedrzej Nasiadek wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:23:43PM -0500, Andrew Arensburger wrote:
> > 	If you (or anyone else) could tell me whether there are
> > library functions to parse /etc/nsswitch.conf (under Solaris), that'd
> > be helpful.
> 
> Solaris lacks functions just for parsing nsswitch.conf. They're not needed,
> in fact: instead all logic that uses nsswitch.conf is implemented
> behind syscalls like getXXXent(), getpwnam(), getgrnam(), getXXbyYY(), etc.
> So you just use those syscalls and system does The Right Thing (tm) for you
> automagically :-)

	Yes, but ColdSync already includes getpalment(), and I was
hoping to (easily) make it work with nsswitch.conf. Presumably Solaris
already has this nice, round wheel, and it would be a shame to
reinvent it.

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