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/* Simple Resolving Program */
/* */
/* The client get the following input: */
/* * Name of the entity we want to get details about */
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/* Process: */
/* The program issues resolving procedure (gethostbyname) and the */
/* addresses returned are printed on the screen. */
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/* The source is taken from Beej's Guide to Network Programming */
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *ptr, **pptr;
char str[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
struct hostent *hptr;
while (--argc > 0) {
ptr = *++argv;
if ( (hptr = gethostbyname(ptr)) == NULL) {
printf("gethostbyname error for host: %s: %s", ptr, hstrerror(h_errno));
continue;
}
printf("official hostname: %s\n", hptr->h_name);
for (pptr = hptr->h_aliases; *pptr != NULL; pptr++)
printf(" alias: %s\n", *pptr);
switch (hptr->h_addrtype) {
case AF_INET:
pptr = hptr->h_addr_list;
for ( ; *pptr != NULL; pptr++) {
printf("\taddress: %s\n",
inet_ntop(hptr->h_addrtype, *pptr, str, sizeof(str)));
if ( (hptr = gethostbyaddr(*pptr, hptr->h_length,
hptr->h_addrtype)) == NULL)
printf("\t(gethostbyaddr failed)\n");
else if (hptr->h_name != NULL)
printf("\tname = %s\n", hptr->h_name);
else
printf("\t(no hostname returned by gethostbyaddr)\n");
}
break;
default:
perror("unknown address type");
break;
}
}
exit(0);
}