LIBRESOLV(3LIB)LIBRESOLV(3LIB)NAMElibresolv - resolver library
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl [ library... ]
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/nameser.h>
#include <resolv.h>
#include <netdb.h>
DESCRIPTION
Functions in this library provide for creating, sending, and interpret‐
ing packets to the Internet domain name servers.
INTERFACES
The shared object libresolv.so.2 provides the public interfaces defined
below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object inter‐
faces.
__dn_skipname __fp_query
__hostalias __p_cdname
__p_class __p_query
__p_time __p_type
__putlong _getlong
_getshort _res
dn_comp dn_expand
fp_resstat h_errno
herror hstrerror
res_hostalias res_init
res_mkquery res_nclose
res_ninit res_nmkquery
res_nquery res_nquerydomain
res_nsearch res_nsend
res_nsendsigned res_query
res_querydomain res_search
res_send res_update
Programs are expected to use the aliases defined in <resolv.h> rather
than calling the "__" prefixed procedures, as indicated in the follow‐
ing table. Use of the routines in the first column is discouraged.
FUNCTION REFERENCED ALIAS TO USE
__dn_skipname dn_skipname
__fp_query fp_query
__putlong putlong
__p_cdname p_cdname
__p_class p_class
__p_time p_time
__p_type p_type
FILES
/lib/libresolv.so.1
shared object for backward compatibility only
/lib/64/libresolv.so.1
64-bit shared object for backward compatibil‐
ity only
/lib/libresolv.so.2
shared object
/lib/64/libresolv.so.2
64-bit shared object
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Standard: BIND 8.2.4 │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │ See resolver(3RESOLV) │
└────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOpvs(1), Intro(3), resolver(3RESOLV), attributes(5)
Mar 24, 2004 LIBRESOLV(3LIB)
