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