1 files changed, 52 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/libs/nixio/src/address.c b/libs/nixio/src/address.c
index eff05e3a0d..98bba01d0f 100644
--- a/libs/nixio/src/address.c
+++ b/libs/nixio/src/address.c
@@ -493,22 +493,67 @@ static int nixio_getifaddrs(lua_State *L) {
 }
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * protoent conversion helper
+ */
+static int nixio__pushprotoent(lua_State *L, struct protoent *e) {
+	int i;
+	if (e) {
+		lua_newtable(L);
+
+		lua_pushstring(L, e->p_name);
+		lua_setfield(L, -2, "name");
+
+		lua_pushnumber(L, e->p_proto);
+		lua_setfield(L, -2, "proto");
+
+		lua_newtable(L);
+		for (i = 0; e->p_aliases[i]; i++) {
+			lua_pushstring(L, e->p_aliases[i]);
+			lua_rawseti(L, -2, i+1);
+		}
+		lua_setfield(L, -2, "aliases");
+		return 1;
+	} else {
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * getprotobyname(name)
+ */
+static int nixio_getprotobyname(lua_State *L) {
+	const char *name = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+	struct protoent *res = getprotobyname(name);
+	return nixio__pushprotoent(L, res);
+}
+
+/**
+ * getprotobynumber(proto)
+ */
+static int nixio_getprotobynumber(lua_State *L) {
+	int proto = luaL_checkinteger(L, 1);
+	struct protoent *res = getprotobynumber(proto);
+	return nixio__pushprotoent(L, res);
+}
 
 /* module table */
 static const luaL_reg R[] = {
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(BSD)
-	{"getifaddrs",	nixio_getifaddrs},
+	{"getifaddrs",			nixio_getifaddrs},
 #endif
-	{"getaddrinfo",	nixio_getaddrinfo},
-	{"getnameinfo",	nixio_getnameinfo},
-	{NULL,			NULL}
+	{"getaddrinfo",			nixio_getaddrinfo},
+	{"getnameinfo",			nixio_getnameinfo},
+	{"getprotobyname",		nixio_getprotobyname},
+	{"getprotobynumber",	nixio_getprotobynumber},
+	{NULL,					NULL}
 };
 
 /* object table */
 static const luaL_reg M[] = {
-	{"getsockname",	nixio_sock_getsockname},
-	{"getpeername",	nixio_sock_getpeername},
-	{NULL,			NULL}
+	{"getsockname",			nixio_sock_getsockname},
+	{"getpeername",			nixio_sock_getpeername},
+	{NULL,					NULL}
 };
 
 void nixio_open_address(lua_State *L) {