man firedns_getip4 (Fonctions bibliothèques) - Create a query to resolve a hostname to an IPv4 address

NAME

firedns_getip4 - Create a query to resolve a hostname to an IPv4 address

SYNOPSIS

#include <firedns.h>

-lfiredns

int firedns_getip4(const char * const name)

DESCRIPTION

firedns_getip4() creates and sends a request to resolve name to an IPv4 address. It returns a file descriptor that should be select(2)'ed upon (read set). When the file descriptor shows ready for reading, call firedns_getresult(3) to retrieve the results.

RETURN VALUE

Returns an integer file descriptor that can be used the same as any other file descriptor. Returns -1 on error.

AUTHOR

Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

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