debian man page for getnodebyname

Query: getnodebyname

OS: debian

Section: 3

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GETNODEBYNAME(3)					     Library Functions Manual						  GETNODEBYNAME(3)

NAME
getnodebyname - DECnet node entry retrieval by address
SYNOPSIS
#include <netdnet/dn.h> #include <netdnet/dnetdb.h> struct nodeent *getnodebyname (char *name)
DESCRIPTION
getnodebyname searches the decnet hosts file for the DECnet node with name equal to name and returns node information into the nodeent structure. If no entry is found, returns NULL
EXAMPLE
#include <netdnet/dn.h> #include <netdnet/dnetdb.h> #include <sys/socket.h> main(void) { struct nodeent *dp; if ( (dp=getnodebyname("mv3100")) == NULL) printf("Error, cannot find node entry"); else printf("Node name is %s",dp->n_name); }
SEE ALSO
dnet_htoa(3), dnet_ntoa(3), dnet_conn(3), dnet_addr(3), getnodebyaddr(3), getnodeadd(3), setnodeent(3) DECnet database functions July 28, 1998 GETNODEBYNAME(3)
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