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46 .TH ENDHOSTENT 3XNET "Nov 1, 2003"
48 endhostent, gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname, gethostent, sethostent \- network
49 host database functions
53 \fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lxnet\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
57 \fBvoid\fR \fBendhostent\fR(void)
62 \fBstruct hostent *\fR\fBgethostbyaddr\fR(\fBconst void *\fR\fIaddr\fR, \fBsocklen_t\fR \fIlen\fR, \fBint\fR \fItype\fR);
67 \fBstruct hostent *\fR\fBgethostbyname\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIname\fR);
72 \fBstruct hostent *\fR\fBgethostent\fR(void)
77 \fBvoid\fR \fBsethostent\fR(\fBint\fR \fIstayopen\fR);
83 The \fBgethostent()\fR, \fBgethostbyaddr()\fR, and \fBgethostbyname()\fR
84 functions each return a pointer to a \fBhostent\fR structure, the members of
85 which contain the fields of an entry in the network host database.
88 The \fBgethostent()\fR function reads the next entry of the database, opening a
89 connection to the database if necessary.
92 The \fBgethostbyaddr()\fR function searches the database and finds an entry
93 which matches the address family specified by the \fBtype\fR argument and which
94 matches the address pointed to by the \fIaddr\fR argument, opening a
95 connection to the database if necessary. The \fIaddr\fR argument is a pointer
96 to the binary-format (that is, not null-terminated) address in network byte
97 order, whose length is specified by the \fIlen\fR argument. The datatype of
98 the address depends on the address family. For an address of type
99 \fBAF_INET\fR, this is an \fBin_addr\fR structure, defined in
100 <\fBnetinet/in.h\fR>. For an address of type \fBAF_INET6\fR, there is an
101 \fBin6_addr\fR structure defined in <\fBnetinet/in.h\fR>.
104 The \fBgethostbyname()\fR function searches the database and finds an entry
105 which matches the host name specified by the \fIname\fR argument, opening a
106 connection to the database if necessary. If \fIname\fR is an alias for a valid
107 host name, the function returns information about the host name to which the
108 alias refers, and \fIname\fR is included in the list of aliases returned.
111 The \fBsethostent()\fR function opens a connection to the network host
112 database, and sets the position of the next entry to the first entry. If the
113 \fIstayopen\fR argument is non-zero, the connection to the host database will
114 not be closed after each call to \fBgethostent()\fR (either directly, or
115 indirectly through one of the other \fBgethost*(\|)\fR functions).
118 The \fBendhostent()\fR function closes the connection to the database.
122 The \fBgethostent()\fR, \fBgethostbyaddr()\fR, and \fBgethostbyname()\fR
123 functions may return pointers to static data, which may be overwritten by
124 subsequent calls to any of these functions.
127 These functions are generally used with the Internet address family.
131 On successful completion, \fBgethostbyaddr()\fR, \fBgethostbyname()\fR and
132 \fBgethostent()\fR return a pointer to a \fBhostent\fR structure if the
133 requested entry was found, and a null pointer if the end of the database was
134 reached or the requested entry was not found. Otherwise, a null pointer is
138 On unsuccessful completion, \fBgethostbyaddr()\fR and \fBgethostbyname()\fR
139 functions set \fIh_errno\fR to indicate the error.
143 No errors are defined for \fBendhostent()\fR, \fBgethostent()\fR and
147 The \fBgethostbyaddr()\fR and \fBgethostbyname()\fR functions will fail in the
148 following cases, setting \fIh_errno\fR to the value shown in the list below.
149 Any changes to \fBerrno\fR are unspecified.
153 \fB\fBHOST_NOT_FOUND\fR\fR
156 No such host is known.
165 The server recognised the request and the name but no address is available.
166 Another type of request to the name server for the domain might return an
173 \fB\fBNO_RECOVERY\fR\fR
176 An unexpected server failure occurred which can not be recovered.
182 \fB\fBTRY_AGAIN\fR\fR
185 A temporary and possibly transient error occurred, such as a failure of a
192 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
200 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
202 Interface Stability Standard
210 \fBendservent\fR(3XNET), \fBhtonl\fR(3XNET), \fBinet_addr\fR(3XNET),
211 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)