EXAMPLES
The following code tries to get a numeric host name, and service name, for a given socket address. Observe that there is no hardcoded reference to a particular address family.
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);
The following version checks if the socket address has a reverse address mapping:
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);
SEE ALSO
gai_strerror(3), getaddrinfo(3), gethostbyaddr(3), getservbyport(3), inet_ntop(3), resolver(3), hosts(5), resolv.conf(5), services(5), hostname(7), named(8)
.Rs Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
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.Rs "IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture"
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.Rs Protocol Independence Using the Sockets API
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STANDARDS
CAVEATS
inet_ntop(3)),
