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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.311
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
index 702a116..b3b2d1f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)gethostbyname.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
+.\" @(#)gethostbyname.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/25/95
.\"
-.Dd April 19, 1994
+.Dd May 25, 1995
.Dt GETHOSTBYNAME 3
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
.Nd get network host entry
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <netdb.h>
-.Fd extern struct h_errno;
+.Fd extern int h_errno;
.Ft struct hostent *
.Fn gethostbyname "char *name"
.Ft struct hostent *
@@ -85,19 +85,20 @@ The members of this structure are:
.It Fa h_name
Official name of the host.
.It Fa h_aliases
-A zero terminated array of alternate names for the host.
+A NULL-terminated array of alternate names for the host.
.It Fa h_addrtype
The type of address being returned; currently always
.Dv AF_INET .
.It Fa h_length
The length, in bytes, of the address.
.It Fa h_addr_list
-A zero terminated array of network addresses for the host.
+A NULL-terminated array of network addresses for the host.
Host addresses are returned in network byte order.
.It Fa h_addr
The first address in
.Fa h_addr_list ;
this is for backward compatibility.
+.El
.Pp
When using the nameserver,
.Fn gethostbyname
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