Network address information structure. More...

#include <netdb.h>

Data Fields
int	ai_flags
	Input flags.

int	ai_family
	Socket address family.

int	ai_socktype
	Socket type.

int	ai_protocol
	Socket protocol.

socklen_t	ai_addrlen
	Address length.

struct sockaddr *	ai_addr
	Address structure.

char *	ai_canonname
	Canonical name.

struct addrinfo *	ai_next
	Next address entry (if any).

Detailed Description

Network address information structure.

This structure describes information on an address in the database. This structure is used by functions such as getaddrinfo() to return information about the specified host.

Field Documentation

◆ ai_addr

struct sockaddr* addrinfo::ai_addr

Address structure.

◆ ai_addrlen

socklen_t addrinfo::ai_addrlen

Address length.

◆ ai_canonname

char* addrinfo::ai_canonname

Canonical name.

◆ ai_family

int addrinfo::ai_family

Socket address family.

◆ ai_flags

int addrinfo::ai_flags

Input flags.

See also: addrinfo ai_flags

◆ ai_next

struct addrinfo* addrinfo::ai_next

Next address entry (if any).

◆ ai_protocol

int addrinfo::ai_protocol

Socket protocol.

◆ ai_socktype

int addrinfo::ai_socktype

Socket type.

The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

include/netdb.h

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