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diff --git a/lib/libutil/realhostname.3 b/lib/libutil/realhostname.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..28e2325 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libutil/realhostname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd April 6, 1999 +.Dt REALHOSTNAME 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm realhostname +.Nd "convert an IP number to the real host name" +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libutil +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In libutil.h +.Ft int +.Fn realhostname "char *host" "size_t hsize" "const struct in_addr *ip" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The function +.Fn realhostname +converts +.Ar ip +to the corresponding host name. +This is done by resolving +.Ar ip +to a host name and then ensuring that the host name resolves +back to +.Ar ip . +.Pp +.Ar host +must point to a buffer of at least +.Ar hsize +bytes, and will always be written to by this function. +.Pp +If the name resolution does not work both ways or if the host name is longer +than +.Ar hsize +bytes, +.Xr inet_ntoa 3 +is used to convert +.Ar ip +to an ASCII form. +.Pp +If the string written to +.Ar host +is +.Ar hsize +bytes long, +.Ar host +will not be NUL terminated. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn realhostname +function will return one of the following constants which are defined in +.In libutil.h : +.Bl -tag -width XXX -offset XXX +.It Li HOSTNAME_FOUND +A valid host name was found. +.It Li HOSTNAME_INCORRECTNAME +A host name was found, but it did not resolve back to the passed +.Ar ip . +.Ar host +now contains the numeric value of +.Ar ip . +.It Li HOSTNAME_INVALIDADDR +.Ar ip +could not be resolved. +.Ar host +now contains the numeric value of +.Ar ip . +.It Li HOSTNAME_INVALIDNAME +A host name was found, but it could not be resolved back to any ip number. +.Ar host +now contains the numeric value of +.Ar ip . +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gethostbyaddr 3 , +.Xr gethostbyname 3 , +.Xr inet_ntoa 3 , +.Xr realhostname_sa 3 |