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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-08 11:05:47 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-08 11:05:47 +0000 |
| commit | cac152301a43f148900fda9996229f20901ba6ba (patch) | |
| tree | 5c9171d5c2d29e9b52cb82545bb806c37739dd14 /lib/libc | |
| parent | 6348c039baa1f511ba2ac6fdaa35a20dc70660a0 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-cac152301a43f148900fda9996229f20901ba6ba.zip FreeBSD-src-cac152301a43f148900fda9996229f20901ba6ba.tar.gz | |
Urge the reader to start using getaddrinfo(3) and getnameinfo(3)
protocol-independant functions that don't use static memory area.
Suggested by: nik
Liked by: ume, brian
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 index 7d78f96..b845c28 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 @@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ .Ft const char * .Fn hstrerror "int err" .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +The +.Xr getaddrinfo 3 +and +.Xr getnameinfo 3 +functions are preferred over the +.Fn gethostbyname , +.Fn gethostbyname2 , +and +.Fn gethostbyaddr +functions. +.Ef +.Pp The .Fn gethostbyname , .Fn gethostbyname2 @@ -287,6 +300,7 @@ for example, a mail-forwarder may be registered for this domain. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getaddrinfo 3 , +.Xr getnameinfo 3 , .Xr inet_aton 3 , .Xr resolver 3 , .Xr hosts 5 , |
