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1.\" $OpenBSD: getnetent.3,v 1.5 1998/03/16 05:06:56 millert Exp $
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34.Dd March 13, 1997
35.Dt GETNETENT 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm getnetent ,
39.Nm getnetbyaddr ,
40.Nm getnetbyname ,
41.Nm setnetent ,
42.Nm endnetent
43.Nd get network entry
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include <netdb.h>
46.Ft struct netent *
47.Fn getnetent
48.Ft struct netent *
49.Fn getnetbyname "char *name"
50.Ft struct netent *
51.Fn getnetbyaddr "in_addr_t net" "int type"
52.Fn setnetent "int stayopen"
53.Fn endnetent
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Fn getnetent ,
57.Fn getnetbyname ,
58and
59.Fn getnetbyaddr
60functions
61each return a pointer to an object with the
62following structure
63containing the broken-out
64fields of a line in the network data base,
65.Pa /etc/networks .
66.Bd -literal -offset indent
67struct netent {
68 char *n_name; /* official name of net */
69 char **n_aliases; /* alias list */
70 int n_addrtype; /* net number type */
71 in_addr_t n_net; /* net number */
72};
73.Ed
74.Pp
75The members of this structure are:
76.Bl -tag -width n_addrtype
77.It Fa n_name
78The official name of the network.
79.It Fa n_aliases
80A zero terminated list of alternate names for the network.
81.It Fa n_addrtype
82The type of the network number returned; currently only AF_INET.
83.It Fa n_net
84The network number. Network numbers are returned in machine byte
85order.
86.El
87.Pp
88The
89.Fn getnetent
90function
91reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
92.Pp
93The
94.Fn setnetent
95function
96opens and rewinds the file. If the
97.Fa stayopen
98flag is non-zero,
99the net data base will not be closed after each call to
100.Fn getnetbyname
101or
102.Fn getnetbyaddr .
103.Pp
104The
105.Fn endnetent
106function
107closes the file.
108.Pp
109The
110.Fn getnetbyname
111function
112and
113.Fn getnetbyaddr
114search the domain name server if the system is configured to use one.
115If the search fails, or no name server is configured, they sequentially
116search from the beginning of the file until a matching net name or
117net address and type is found, or until
118.Dv EOF
119is encountered.
120Network numbers are supplied in host order.
121.Sh FILES
122.Bl -tag -width /etc/networks -compact
123.It Pa /etc/networks
124.El
125.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
126Null pointer
127(0) returned on
128.Dv EOF
129or error.
130.Sh SEE ALSO
131.Xr networks 5 ,
132.Xr resolver 3
133.Sh HISTORY
134The
135.Fn getnetent ,
136.Fn getnetbyaddr ,
137.Fn getnetbyname ,
138.Fn setnetent ,
139and
140.Fn endnetent
141functions appeared in
142.Bx 4.2 .
143.Sh BUGS
144The data space used by these functions is static; if future use
145requires the data, it should be copied before any subsequent calls
146to these functions overwrite it. Only Internet network numbers
147are currently understood. Expecting network numbers to fit in no
148more than 32 bits is naive.