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60 .Nd "convert an struct sockaddr to the real host name"
68 .Fn realhostname_sa "char *host" "size_t hsize" "struct sockaddr *addr" "int addrlen"
74 to the corresponding host name. This is done by resolving
76 to a host name and then ensuring that the host name resolves
81 must point to a buffer of at least
83 bytes, and will always be written to by this function.
85 If the name resolution doesn't work both ways or if the host name is longer
90 with NI_NUMERICHOST specified, is used to convert
94 If the string written to
100 will not be NUL terminated.
103 will return one of the following constants which are defined in
106 .Bl -tag -width XXX -offset XXX
107 .It Li HOSTNAME_FOUND
108 A valid host name was found.
109 .It Li HOSTNAME_INCORRECTNAME
110 A host name was found, but it did not resolve back to the passed
113 now contains the numeric value of
115 .It Li HOSTNAME_INVALIDADDR
117 could not be resolved.
119 now contains the numeric value of
121 .It Li HOSTNAME_INVALIDNAME
122 A host name was found, but it could not be resolved back to any ip number.
124 now contains the numeric value of