hostent

Defines an internet host.

Service:Networking

Structure

  #include <netdb.h>
  
  struct hostent 
  {
     char    *h_name; 
     char   **h_aliases; 
     short    h_addrtype; 
     short    h_length;   
     char   **h_addr_list;
  #define h_addr   h_addr_list[0] 
  };

Fields

h_name: Points to the official name of the host.
h_aliases: Points to the first element in a list of addresses of alternative names for the host (zero terminates the list).
h_addrtype: Specifies the type of address being returned (always AF_INET).
h_length: Specifies the length in bytes of the host’s address.
h_addr_list: Points to the first element (in network byte order) containing the addresses for the host (zero terminates the list).
h_addr: Specifies the first address in h_addr_list (for backward compatibility).