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author | Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-01-17 08:16:59 +0000 |
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committer | Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-01-17 08:16:59 +0000 |
commit | 5dfd27412770f936fac4ed642f7f209e5799c326 (patch) | |
tree | cc5cba5bdba57ab701fce746e4e354d3260f9d1c /lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3 | |
parent | 9bc50ece98b562846f9b66bb70dc2d4ab17a1257 (diff) |
sync with latest KAME version. now includes description on scoped addr
extension. add examples (good enough? >deraadt)
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3 | 77 |
1 files changed, 74 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3 b/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3 index 98e4c2e8667..2dd1bce4d61 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3 @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: getnameinfo.3,v 1.4 2000/01/17 08:16:58 itojun Exp $ +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -30,14 +32,16 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" From: @(#)gethostbyname.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/25/95 -.\" $Id: getnameinfo.3,v 1.3 2000/01/06 22:00:18 deraadt Exp $ +.\" KAME Id: getnameinfo.3,v 1.7 2000/01/17 08:13:04 itojun Exp .\" .Dd May 25, 1995 .Dt GETNAMEINFO 3 .Os +.\" .Sh NAME .Nm getnameinfo .Nd address-to-nodename translation in protocol-independent manner +.\" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <sys/types.h> .Fd #include <sys/socket.h> @@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ .Ft int .Fn getnameinfo "const struct sockaddr *sa" "socklen_t salen" \ "char *host" "size_t hostlen" "char *serv" "size_t servlen" "int flags" +.\" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn getnameinfo @@ -170,15 +175,61 @@ These .Dv NI_xxx flags are defined in .Aq Pa netdb.h . +.\" +.Sh EXTENSION +The implementation allows experimental numeric IPv6 address notation with +scope identifier. +IPv6 link-local address will appear as string like +.Dq Li fe80::1@ne0 , +if +.Dv NI_WITHSCOPEID +bit is enabled in +.Ar flags +argument. +Refer to +.Xr getaddrinfo 3 +for the notation. +.\" +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following code tries to get numeric hostname, and service name, +for given socket address. +Observe that there is no hardcoded reference to particular address family. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +struct sockaddr *sa; /* input */ +char hbuf[NI_MAXHOST], sbuf[NI_MAXSERV]; + +if (getnameinfo(sa, sa->sa_len, hbuf, sizeof(hbuf), sbuf, + sizeof(sbuf), NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV)) { + errx(1, "could not get numeric hostname"); + /*NOTREACHED*/ +} +printf("host=%s, serv=%s\\n", hbuf, sbuf); +.Ed +.Pp +The following version checks if the socket address has reverse address mapping. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +struct sockaddr *sa; /* input */ +char hbuf[NI_MAXHOST]; + +if (getnameinfo(sa, sa->sa_len, hbuf, sizeof(hbuf), NULL, 0, + NI_NAMEREQD)) { + errx(1, "could not resolve hostname"); + /*NOTREACHED*/ +} +printf("host=%s\\n", hbuf); +.Ed +.\" .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/resolv.conf -compact .It Pa /etc/hosts .It Pa /etc/host.conf .It Pa /etc/resolv.conf .El +.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The function indicates successful completion by a zero return value; a non-zero return value indicates failure. +.\" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getaddrinfo 3 , .Xr gethostbyaddr 3 , @@ -188,8 +239,27 @@ a non-zero return value indicates failure. .Xr hostname 7 , .Xr named 8 .Pp -R. Gilligan, S. Thomson, J. Bound, and W. Stevens, -``Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6,'' RFC2553, March 1999. +.Rs +.%A R. Gilligan +.%A S. Thomson +.%A J. Bound +.%A W. Stevens +.%T Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6 +.%R RFC2553 +.%D March 1999 +.Re +.Rs +.%A Tatsuya Jinmei +.%A Atsushi Onoe +.%T "An Extension of Format for IPv6 Scoped Addresses" +.%R internet draft +.%N draft-ietf-ipngwg-scopedaddr-format-00.txt +.%O work in progress material +.Re +.\" +.Sh HISTORY +The implementation first appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit. +.\" .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn getaddrinfo @@ -197,5 +267,6 @@ function is defined IEEE POSIX 1003.1g draft specification, and documented in .Dq Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6 .Pq RFC2533 . +.\" .Sh BUGS The text was shamelessly copied from RFC2553. |