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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man3/internet.3 b/static/unix-v10/man3/internet.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c28fb445 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man3/internet.3 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.TH INTERNET 3X +.CT 2 comm_mach +.SH NAME +in_host, in_ntoa, in_address, in_service \- internet networking functions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/inet/in.h> +.PP +.B char *in_host(hostaddr) +.B in_addr hostaddr; +.PP +.B char *in_ntoa(hostaddr) +.B in_addr hostaddr; +.PP +.B in_addr in_address(hostname) +.B char *hostname; +.PP +.B struct in_service *in_service(name, proto, port) +.B char *name, *proto; +.B unsigned long port; +.fi +.PP +.SH DESCRIPTION +These routines are loaded by the +.B -lin +option of +.IR ld (1). +.PP +Internet addresses, type +.I in_addr, +are 32-bit quantities global to the network. +The +.SM ASCII +representation of an +.I in_addr +can be either a host name or of the form +.I b1.b2.b3.b4, +where each +.I `bx' +is the value of the +.IR x 'th +byte of the +address in decimal. +Since host names are considered local `aliases' for internet +addresses, the host-to-address mapping is subjective. +.PP +.I In_address +maps an internet host name to an address +and returns 0 +if the name is not found in the host +table. +.PP +.I In_host +maps an internet address into a host name. +If the host is not found in the host table, the +.SM ASCII +representation of the address is returned. +.PP +.I In_ntoa +maps an internet address to its +.SM ASCII +numeric format. +.PP +.I In_service +returns the closest match to +.I name +in the services file. +If either +.I name +or +.I port +are 0, +they will match any name or port. +If +.I proto +is +.BR "(char *)0" , +the +.B tcp +protocol is assumed. +.SH FILES +.nf +.ta 32n +\fL/usr/inet/lib/hosts\fP mapping between host names and addresses +\fL/usr/inet/lib/networks\fP mapping between network names and addresses +\fL/usr/inet/lib/services\fP database of services +\fL/usr/inet/lib/hosts.equiv\fP machines with common administration +.fi +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR ipc (3), +.IR tcp (3), +.IR udp (3) +.SH BUGS +.PP +The mappings between internet addresses and names is arbitrary at best. +The hosts file may contain many addresses for each name and/or many +names for each address. +.I In_address +and +.I in_host +each start at the beginning of the file and search sequentially for a match. +Therefore, +.B "in_addr(in_host(addr)) \=\= addr" +is not necessarily true. |
