Serializes and deserializes short integers.
    Format
      #include  <tcpip$rpcxdr.h>
      bool_t  xdr_short(XDR *xdrs, short *sp);

1  –  Arguments

 xdrs
    A pointer to an XDR stream handle created by one of the XDR
    stream-handle creation routines.
 sp
    A pointer to a short integer.

2  –  Description

    A filter primitive that translates between short integers and
    their external representations.

3  –  Return Values

    TRUE               Indicates success.
    FALSE              Indicates failure.