hostent Struct Reference

Network host entry. More...

#include <netdb.h>

Data Fields
char *	h_name
	Official name of the host.
char **	h_aliases
	Alternative host names.
int	h_addrtype
	Address type.
int	h_length
	Length of address, in bytes.
char **	h_addr_list
	Network addresses of host.

Detailed Description

Network host entry.

This structure describes a network host entry in the address database. When looking up an address with the gethostbyname() function, one of these will be returned with information about the host.

Field Documentation

h_addr_list

char** hostent::h_addr_list

Network addresses of host.

h_addrtype

int hostent::h_addrtype

Address type.

h_aliases

char** hostent::h_aliases

Alternative host names.

h_length

int hostent::h_length

Length of address, in bytes.

h_name

char* hostent::h_name

Official name of the host.

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

• include/netdb.h