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| author | cy <cy@FreeBSD.org> | 2017-10-11 05:07:37 +0000 |
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| committer | cy <cy@FreeBSD.org> | 2017-10-11 05:07:37 +0000 |
| commit | d3d1cc5fd05c5d83ea09461d89f054489a89c266 (patch) | |
| tree | ce0ed8646a6f25c2dcb658ba7ccdb58a88c3e485 /lib | |
| parent | 2b59cfc966d9c438aa1846cbdee247137b136ac0 (diff) | |
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MFC r324249, 324260, and 324277
Clarify the wording describing the stayopen flag and style fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 index 35f031b..c01bca5 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)gethostbyname.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/25/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 12, 2006 +.Dd October 4, 2017 .Dt GETHOSTBYNAME 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -189,19 +189,20 @@ function may be used to request the use of a connected .Tn TCP socket for queries. +Queries will by default use +.Tn UDP +datagrams. If the .Fa stayopen -flag is non-zero, -this sets the option to send all queries to the name server using +flag is non-zero, a .Tn TCP -and to retain the connection after each call to +connection to the name server will be used. +It will remain open after calls to .Fn gethostbyname , .Fn gethostbyname2 or -.Fn gethostbyaddr . -Otherwise, queries are performed using -.Tn UDP -datagrams. +.Fn gethostbyaddr +have completed. .Pp The .Fn endhostent |
