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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 | 26 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 index 1394fa34678..9df758af232 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: gethostbyname.3,v 1.4 1997/03/13 19:07:23 downsj Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: gethostbyname.3,v 1.5 1997/04/26 22:06:38 michaels Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ .Ft void .Fn endhostent void .Ft void -.Fn herror "char *string" +.Fn herror "const char *string" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn gethostbyname @@ -153,6 +153,19 @@ function closes the .Tn TCP connection. +.Pp +The +.Fn herror +function prints an error message describing the failure. If it's argument +.Fa string +is +.Pf non Dv -NULL , +it is prepended to the message string and seperated from it by a colon +and a space. The error message is printed with a trailing newline. +The contents of the error message is the same as that returned by +.Fn hstrerror +with arrgument +.Fa h_errno . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/hosts -compact .It Pa /etc/hosts @@ -168,15 +181,6 @@ The external integer .Va h_errno may then be checked to see whether this is a temporary failure or an invalid or unknown host. -The routine -.Fn herror -can be used to print an error message describing the failure. -If its argument -.Fa string -is -.Pf non Dv -NULL , -it is printed, followed by a colon and a space. -The error message is printed with a trailing newline. .Pp The variable .Va h_errno |