hostent

Overview

Related Modules:

NET

Description:

Describes the host name and address information.

Summary

Data Fields

Variable Name

Description

h_name

char  

h_aliases

char * 

h_addrtype

int 

h_length

int 

h_addr_list

char  

Details

Field Documentation

h_addr_list

  1. char** hostent::h_addr_list

Description:

A pointer to an array of pointers to host addresses

h_addrtype

  1. int hostent::h_addrtype

Description:

IP address type

h_aliases

  1. char** hostent::h_aliases

Description:

A pointer to an array of pointers to alternative host names

h_length

  1. int hostent::h_length

Description:

Address length

h_name

  1. char* hostent::h_name

Description:

A pointer to the host name