Describe the arguments to gethostbyaddr.
PR: docs/24225 Submitted by: Joakim Henriksson <jurduth@ludd.luth.se> Patch from: ben
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@ -76,7 +76,34 @@ functions
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each return a pointer to an object with the
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following structure describing an internet host
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referenced by name or by address, respectively.
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This structure contains either the information obtained from the name server,
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa name
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parameter passed to
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.Fn gethostbyname
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or
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.Fn gethostbyname2
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should point to a NUL-terminated hostname.
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The
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.Fa addr
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parameter passed to
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.Fn gethostbyaddr
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should point to an address which is
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.Fa len
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bytes long,
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in binary form
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(i.e. not an IP address in human readable ASCII form).
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The
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.Fa type
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parameter specifies the address family
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(e.g.
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.Dv AF_INET ,
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.Dv AF_INET6 ,
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etc)
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of this address.
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.Pp
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The structure returned contains either the information obtained from the name
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server,
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.Xr named 8 ,
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broken-out fields from a line in
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.Pa /etc/hosts ,
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@ -188,6 +215,23 @@ parameter.
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.It Pa /etc/nsswitch.conf
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.It Pa /etc/resolv.conf
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Print out the hostname associated with a specific IP address:
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal
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const char *ipstr = "127.0.0.1";
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struct in_addr ip;
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struct hostent *hp;
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if (!inet_aton(ipstr, &ip))
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errx(1, "can't parse IP address %s", ipstr);
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if ((hp = gethostbyaddr((const char *)&ip,
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sizeof ip, AF_INET)) == NULL)
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errx(1, "no name associated with %s", ipstr);
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printf("name associated with %s is %s\en", ipstr, hp->h_name);
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.Ed -literal
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Error return status from
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.Fn gethostbyname ,
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@ -233,6 +277,7 @@ will result in an answer;
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for example, a mail-forwarder may be registered for this domain.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr inet_aton 3 ,
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.Xr resolver 3 ,
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.Xr hosts 5 ,
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.Xr hostname 7 ,
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