---
name: "nbp_name"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "atalkd"
version: "4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nbp_name"
---

# nbp\_name(3)

NBP name parsing

## Name

nbp\_name — NBP name parsing

## Synopsis

-

  ```
  int nbp_name(name,
      obj,
      type,
      zone);
  char *name;
  char **obj;
  char **type;
  char **zone;
  ```

## Description

**nbp\_name()** parses user supplied names into their component object, type, and zone. *obj*, *type*, and *zone* should be passed by reference, and should point to the caller’s default values. **nbp\_name()** will change the pointers to the parsed-out values. *name* is of the form *object:type@zone*, where each of *object*, *:type*, and *@zone* replace *obj*, *type*, and *zone*, respectively. *type* must be proceeded by \`*:*’, and *zone* must be preceded by \`*@*’.

## Examples

The argument of [**afpd**(8)](/afpd/8.md)’s **-n** option is parsed with **nbp\_name()**. The default value of *obj* is the first component of the machine’s hostname (as returned by [**gethostbyname**(3)](/gethostbyname/3.md)). The default value of *type* is “AFPServer”, and of *zone* is “\*”, the default zone. To cause *afpd* to register itself in some zone other than the default, one would invoke it as below where *obj* and *type* would retain their default values.

-

  ```
  afpd -n @some-other-zone
  ```

## Bugs

*obj*, *type*, and *zone* return pointers into static area which may be over-written on each call.

## Author

Contributors to the Netatalk Project (https://netatalk.io/contributors)