An interface to the rpcbind service, which instructs
rpcbind on
Fa host
to make an RPC
call on your behalf to a procedure on that host.
The
Fn netconfig
structure should correspond to a connectionless transport.
The
Fa svcaddr
argument
will be modified to the server's address if the procedure succeeds
(see
Fn rpc_call
and
Fn clnt_call
in
rpc_clnt_calls3
for the definitions of other arguments).
This procedure should normally be used for a
``ping''
and nothing else.
This routine allows programs to do lookup and call, all in one step.
Note: Even if the server is not running
Fn rpcb_rmtcall
does not return any error messages to the caller.
In such a case, the caller times out.
Note:
Fn rpcb_rmtcall
is only available for connectionless transports.