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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Monday, July 21, 2003 11:40:42 am | by SamJansen | |
| Older page: | version 3 | Last edited on Saturday, November 30, 2002 3:02:48 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
!!NAME
gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, sethostent, endhostent, herror, hstrerror - get network host entry
!!SYNOPSIS
-__#include__
- struct hostent *gethostbyname(const char *__''name''__);
- struct hostent *gethostbyname2(const char *__''name''__, int__ ''af''__);
- #include
- __''addr''__, int__ ''len''__, int__ ''type''__);__
- __void sethostent(int__ ''stayopen''__);
- __void endhostent(void);
+
__#include <netdb.h>
__
+ __extern int__ ''h_errno''__;__
+
+ __
struct hostent *gethostbyname(const char *__''name''__);__
+ __
struct hostent *gethostbyname2(const char *__''name''__, int__ ''af''__);__
+
+ __
#include <sys/socket.h> /* For AF_INET */__
+ __struct hostent *gethostbyaddr(const char *
__''addr''__, int__ ''len''__, int__ ''type''__);__
+ __void sethostent(int__ ''stayopen''__);__
+ __void endhostent(void);__
__void herror(const char *__''s''__);__
__const char * hstrerror(int__ ''err''__);__
!!DESCRIPTION
@@ -81,10 +84,10 @@
__struct hostent *gethostbyname2(const char *__''name''__, int__ ''af''__);__ that works like __gethostbyname()__, but permits to specify the address family to which the address must belong.
The Austin draft marks __gethostbyaddr()__ and __gethostbyname()__ legacy, and introduces
- __struct hostent *getipnodebyaddr (const void *restrict__ ''addr''__, socklen_t__ ''len''__, int__ ''type''__, int *restrict__ ''error_num''__);
- struct hostent *getipnodebyname (const char *__''name''__, int__ ''type''__, int__ ''flags''__, int *__''error_num''__);__
+ __struct hostent *getipnodebyaddr (const void *restrict__ ''addr''__, socklen_t__ ''len''__, int__ ''type''__, int *restrict__ ''error_num''__);__
+ __
struct hostent *getipnodebyname (const char *__''name''__, int__ ''type''__, int__ ''flags''__, int *__''error_num''__);__
!!SEE ALSO
resolver(3), hosts(5), hostname(7), resolv+(8), named(8)
