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VIRGIL(2)							     VIRGIL(2)

NAME
       virgil - pose question to name resolver

SYNOPSIS
       include "security.m";
       virgil := load Virgil Virgil->PATH;

       virgil:	 fn(args: list of string): string;

DESCRIPTION
       Virgil  provides a client side interface for interactions with the name
       resolution service virgild(8).

       Args is a command line of the form:

	      virgil [-v address] [name]

       Name is the host name to be resolved to a  network  address.   Normally
       the request is broadcast to any and all virgild servers on the network,
       which virgil expects to find  on	 UDP/IP	 port  2202.   The  -v	option
       instead directs the request to the given numeric IP address.

       Virgil  waits  up  to 5 seconds for a reply, retransmitting the request
       once a second.  It accepts and returns the first answer it receives.

SOURCE
       /appl/lib/virgil.b

SEE ALSO
       dial(2), cs(8), register(8), virgild(8)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Virgil returns for invalid arguments and if the name was not resolved.

BUGS
       The virgild port is hard coded.

								     VIRGIL(2)
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