Linux Standard Base Specification 2.1
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gethostbyname_r

Name

gethostbyname_r -- find network host database entry matching host name (DEPRECATED)

Synopsis

int gethostbyname_r(const char * restrict name, struct hostent * restrict result_buf, char * restrict buf, size_t buflen, struct hostent ** restrict result, int * restrict h_errnop);

Description

The gethostbyname_r() function is deprecated; applications should call getaddrinfo() instead.

gethostbyname_r() is a reentrant version of gethostbyname() that searches the network host database for a host name match.

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