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NAME
netdb.h - definitions for network database operations
SYNOPSIS
#include <netdb.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <netdb.h> header may define the in_port_t type and the in_addr_t type as described in
<netinet/in.h> .
The <netdb.h> header shall define the hostent structure that includes at least the
following members:
char *h_name Official name of the host.
char **h_aliases A pointer to an array of pointers to
alternative host names, terminated by a
null pointer.
int h_addrtype Address type.
int h_length The length, in bytes, of the address.
char **h_addr_list A pointer to an array of pointers to network
addresses (in network byte order) for the host,
terminated by a null pointer.
The <netdb.h> header shall define the netent structure that includes at least the
following members:
char *n_name Official, fully-qualified (including the
domain) name of the host.
char **n_aliases A pointer to an array of pointers to
alternative network names, terminated by a
null pointer.
int n_addrtype The address type of the network.
uint32_t n_net The network number, in host byte order.
The uint32_t type shall be defined as described in <inttypes.h> .
The <netdb.h> header shall define the protoent structure that includes at least the
following members:
char *p_name Official name of the protocol.
char **p_aliases A pointer to an array of pointers to
alternative protocol names, terminated by
a null pointer.
int p_proto The protocol number.
The <netdb.h> header shall define the servent structure that includes at least the
following members:
char *s_name Official name of the service.
char **s_aliases A pointer to an array of pointers to
alternative service names, terminated by
a null pointer.
int s_port The port number at which the service
resides, in network byte order.
char *s_proto The name of the protocol to use when
contacting the service.
The <netdb.h> header shall define the IPPORT_RESERVED macro with the value of the highest
reserved Internet port number.
When the <netdb.h> header is included, h_errno shall be available as a modifiable lvalue
of type int. It is unspecified whether h_errno is a macro or an identifier declared with
external linkage.
The <netdb.h> header shall define the following macros for use as error values for
gethostbyaddr() and gethostbyname():
HOST_NOT_FOUND
NO_DATA
NO_RECOVERY
TRY_AGAIN
Address Information Structure
The <netdb.h> header shall define the addrinfo structure that includes at least the
following members:
int ai_flags Input flags.
int ai_family Address family of socket.
int ai_socktype Socket type.
int ai_protocol Protocol of socket.
socklen_t ai_addrlen Length of socket address.
struct sockaddr *ai_addr Socket address of socket.
char *ai_canonname Canonical name of service location.
struct addrinfo *ai_next Pointer to next in list.
The <netdb.h> header shall define the following macros that evaluate to bitwise-distinct
integer constants for use in the flags field of the addrinfo structure:
AI_PASSIVE
Socket address is intended for bind().
AI_CANONNAME
Request for canonical name.
AI_NUMERICHOST
Return numeric host address as name.
AI_NUMERICSERV
Inhibit service name resolution.
AI_V4MAPPED
If no IPv6 addresses are found, query for IPv4 addresses and return them to the
caller as IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses.
AI_ALL Query for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
AI_ADDRCONFIG
Query for IPv4 addresses only when an IPv4 address is configured; query for IPv6
addresses only when an IPv6 address is configured.
The <netdb.h> header shall define the following macros that evaluate to bitwise-distinct
integer constants for use in the flags argument to getnameinfo():
NI_NOFQDN
Only the nodename portion of the FQDN is returned for local hosts.
NI_NUMERICHOST
The numeric form of the node's address is returned instead of its name.
NI_NAMEREQD
Return an error if the node's name cannot be located in the database.
NI_NUMERICSERV
The numeric form of the service address is returned instead of its name.
NI_NUMERICSCOPE
For IPv6 addresses, the numeric form of the scope identifier is returned instead of
its name.
NI_DGRAM
Indicates that the service is a datagram service (SOCK_DGRAM).
Address Information Errors
The <netdb.h> header shall define the following macros for use as error values for
getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo():
EAI_AGAIN
The name could not be resolved at this time. Future attempts may succeed.
EAI_BADFLAGS
The flags had an invalid value.
EAI_FAIL
A non-recoverable error occurred.
EAI_FAMILY
The address family was not recognized or the address length was invalid for the
specified family.
EAI_MEMORY
There was a memory allocation failure.
EAI_NONAME
The name does not resolve for the supplied parameters.
NI_NAMEREQD is set and the host's name cannot be located, or both nodename and servname
were null.
EAI_SERVICE
The service passed was not recognized for the specified socket type.
EAI_SOCKTYPE
The intended socket type was not recognized.
EAI_SYSTEM
A system error occurred. The error code can be found in errno.
EAI_OVERFLOW
An argument buffer overflowed.
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function
prototypes shall be provided.
void endhostent(void);
void endnetent(void);
void endprotoent(void);
void endservent(void);
void freeaddrinfo(struct addrinfo *);
const char *gai_strerror(int);
int getaddrinfo(const char *restrict, const char *restrict,
const struct addrinfo *restrict,
struct addrinfo **restrict);
struct hostent *gethostbyaddr(const void *, socklen_t, int);
struct hostent *gethostbyname(const char *);
struct hostent *gethostent(void);
int getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *restrict, socklen_t,
char *restrict, socklen_t, char *restrict,
socklen_t, int);
struct netent *getnetbyaddr(uint32_t, int);
struct netent *getnetbyname(const char *);
struct netent *getnetent(void);
struct protoent *getprotobyname(const char *);
struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int);
struct protoent *getprotoent(void);
struct servent *getservbyname(const char *, const char *);
struct servent *getservbyport(int, const char *);
struct servent *getservent(void);
void sethostent(int);
void setnetent(int);
void setprotoent(int);
void setservent(int);
The type socklen_t shall be defined through typedef as described in <sys/socket.h>.
Inclusion of the <netdb.h> header may also make visible all symbols from <netinet/in.h>,
<sys/socket.h>, and <inttypes.h>.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
<netinet/in.h> , <inttypes.h> , <sys/socket.h> , the System Interfaces volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, bind(), endhostent(), endnetent(), endprotoent(), endservent(),
getaddrinfo(), getnameinfo()
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .