/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb CC, Socket Routines, getnetbyname  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Searches the network database sequentially from the beginning
    of the database for a network record with a given name or alias.

    Syntax:

      #include  <netdb.h>

      struct netent *getnetbyname(char *name);