VMS Help RTL Routines, DNS$, DNS$CVT_NODENAME_TO_DNSADDRESS  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The Convert a Node Name to a DNS Address routine takes a DECnet
    Phase IV node name and returns a DNS address.

    Format

      DNS$CVT_NODENAME_TO_DNSADDRESS

        nodename ,dnsaddress ,resulting-length

    Arguments

 nodename
    OpenVMS Usage: char_string
    type:          character string
    access:        read only
    mechanism:     by descriptor

    The DECnet Phase IV node name. The nodename argument is the
    address of a descriptor pointing to the node name. This routine
    creates a DNS address containing the node address of the given
    Phase IV node name.

 dnsaddress
    OpenVMS Usage: char_string
    type:          character string
    access:        write only
    mechanism:     by descriptor

    The address of a buffer containing the DNS address. The dnsaddress
    argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the buffer
    address.

 resulting-length
    OpenVMS Usage: word_unsigned
    type:          word (unsigned)
    access:        write only
    mechanism:     by reference

    The length of the DNS address after conversion. The resulting-
    length argument is a word containing the length of the address.