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+<!-- $Id: lwres_getaddrinfo.docbook,v 1.7.18.6 2007/08/28 07:20:06 tbox Exp $ -->
+<refentry>
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <date>Jun 30, 2000</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>lwres_getaddrinfo</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <docinfo>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2004</year>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <year>2007</year>
+ <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2000</year>
+ <year>2001</year>
+ <year>2003</year>
+ <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </docinfo>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>lwres_getaddrinfo</refname>
+ <refname>lwres_freeaddrinfo</refname>
+ <refpurpose>socket address structure to host and service name</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;lwres/netdb.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>
+int
+<function>lwres_getaddrinfo</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>hostname</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>servname</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const struct addrinfo *<parameter>hints</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>struct addrinfo **<parameter>res</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>
+void
+<function>lwres_freeaddrinfo</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>struct addrinfo *<parameter>ai</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+</funcsynopsis>
+
+ <para>
+ If the operating system does not provide a
+ <type>struct addrinfo</type>,
+ the following structure is used:
+ </para>
+ <para><programlisting>
+struct addrinfo {
+ int ai_flags; /* AI_PASSIVE, AI_CANONNAME */
+ int ai_family; /* PF_xxx */
+ int ai_socktype; /* SOCK_xxx */
+ int ai_protocol; /* 0 or IPPROTO_xxx for IPv4 and IPv6 */
+ size_t ai_addrlen; /* length of ai_addr */
+ char *ai_canonname; /* canonical name for hostname */
+ struct sockaddr *ai_addr; /* binary address */
+ struct addrinfo *ai_next; /* next structure in linked list */
+};
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para><function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>
+ is used to get a list of IP addresses and port numbers for host
+ <parameter>hostname</parameter> and service
+ <parameter>servname</parameter>.
+
+ The function is the lightweight resolver's implementation of
+ <function>getaddrinfo()</function> as defined in RFC2133.
+ <parameter>hostname</parameter> and
+ <parameter>servname</parameter> are pointers to null-terminated
+ strings or <type>NULL</type>.
+
+ <parameter>hostname</parameter> is either a host name or a
+ numeric host address string: a dotted decimal IPv4 address or an
+ IPv6 address. <parameter>servname</parameter> is either a
+ decimal port number or a service name as listed in
+ <filename>/etc/services</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para><parameter>hints</parameter>
+ is an optional pointer to a
+ <type>struct addrinfo</type>.
+ This structure can be used to provide hints concerning the type of
+ socket
+ that the caller supports or wishes to use.
+ The caller can supply the following structure elements in
+ <parameter>*hints</parameter>:
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>ai_family</constant></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The protocol family that should be used.
+ When
+ <constant>ai_family</constant>
+ is set to
+ <type>PF_UNSPEC</type>,
+ it means the caller will accept any protocol family supported by
+ the
+ operating system.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>ai_socktype</constant></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ denotes the type of socket &mdash;
+ <type>SOCK_STREAM</type>,
+ <type>SOCK_DGRAM</type>
+ or
+ <type>SOCK_RAW</type>
+ &mdash; that is wanted.
+ When
+ <constant>ai_socktype</constant>
+ is zero the caller will accept any socket type.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>ai_protocol</constant></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ indicates which transport protocol is wanted: IPPROTO_UDP or
+ IPPROTO_TCP.
+ If
+ <constant>ai_protocol</constant>
+ is zero the caller will accept any protocol.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>ai_flags</constant></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Flag bits.
+ If the
+ <type>AI_CANONNAME</type>
+ bit is set, a successful call to
+ <function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>
+ will return a null-terminated string containing the canonical
+ name
+ of the specified hostname in
+ <constant>ai_canonname</constant>
+ of the first
+ <type>addrinfo</type>
+ structure returned.
+ Setting the
+ <type>AI_PASSIVE</type>
+ bit indicates that the returned socket address structure is
+ intended
+ for used in a call to
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>bind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.
+
+ In this case, if the hostname argument is a
+ <type>NULL</type>
+ pointer, then the IP address portion of the socket
+ address structure will be set to
+ <type>INADDR_ANY</type>
+ for an IPv4 address or
+ <type>IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT</type>
+ for an IPv6 address.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When
+ <constant>ai_flags</constant>
+ does not set the
+ <type>AI_PASSIVE</type>
+ bit, the returned socket address structure will be ready
+ for use in a call to
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>connect</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ for a connection-oriented protocol or
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>connect</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>sendto</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ or
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>sendmsg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ if a connectionless protocol was chosen.
+ The IP address portion of the socket address structure will be
+ set to the loopback address if
+ <parameter>hostname</parameter>
+ is a
+ <type>NULL</type>
+ pointer and
+ <type>AI_PASSIVE</type>
+ is not set in
+ <constant>ai_flags</constant>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If
+ <constant>ai_flags</constant>
+ is set to
+ <type>AI_NUMERICHOST</type>
+ it indicates that
+ <parameter>hostname</parameter>
+ should be treated as a numeric string defining an IPv4 or IPv6
+ address
+ and no name resolution should be attempted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ All other elements of the <type>struct addrinfo</type> passed
+ via <parameter>hints</parameter> must be zero.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ A <parameter>hints</parameter> of <type>NULL</type> is
+ treated as if
+ the caller provided a <type>struct addrinfo</type> initialized to zero
+ with <constant>ai_family</constant>set to
+ <constant>PF_UNSPEC</constant>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ After a successful call to
+ <function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>,
+ <parameter>*res</parameter>
+ is a pointer to a linked list of one or more
+ <type>addrinfo</type>
+ structures.
+ Each
+ <type>struct addrinfo</type>
+ in this list cn be processed by following
+ the
+ <constant>ai_next</constant>
+ pointer, until a
+ <type>NULL</type>
+ pointer is encountered.
+ The three members
+ <constant>ai_family</constant>,
+ <constant>ai_socktype</constant>,
+ and
+ <constant>ai_protocol</constant>
+ in each
+ returned
+ <type>addrinfo</type>
+ structure contain the corresponding arguments for a call to
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.
+ For each
+ <type>addrinfo</type>
+ structure in the list, the
+ <constant>ai_addr</constant>
+ member points to a filled-in socket address structure of length
+ <constant>ai_addrlen</constant>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ All of the information returned by
+ <function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>
+ is dynamically allocated: the addrinfo structures, and the socket
+ address structures and canonical host name strings pointed to by the
+ <constant>addrinfo</constant>structures.
+ Memory allocated for the dynamically allocated structures created by
+ a successful call to
+ <function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>
+ is released by
+ <function>lwres_freeaddrinfo()</function>.
+ <parameter>ai</parameter>
+ is a pointer to a
+ <type>struct addrinfo</type>
+ created by a call to
+ <function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
+
+ <para><function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function>
+ returns zero on success or one of the error codes listed in
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>gai_strerror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ if an error occurs. If both <parameter>hostname</parameter> and
+ <parameter>servname</parameter> are <type>NULL</type>
+ <function>lwres_getaddrinfo()</function> returns
+ <errorcode>EAI_NONAME</errorcode>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>lwres</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>lwres_getaddrinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>lwres_freeaddrinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>lwres_gai_strerror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>RFC2133</refentrytitle>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>getservbyname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>bind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>connect</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>sendto</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>sendmsg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry><!--
+ - Local variables:
+ - mode: sgml
+ - End:
+-->
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