hpux man page for getip

getip(1m)																 getip(1m)

NAME
       getip - Gets a host's IP address

SYNOPSIS
       getip host

ARGUMENTS
       The host argument indicates the name of the machine whose IP address you want to obtain.

DESCRIPTION
       The getip command prints the IP address of the machine indicated in the host argument.  A machine may have more than one IP address associ-
       ated with it; if so, getip prints one of the addresses.	If the command fails, it returns a status of 1.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions: gethostbyname(3)

																	 getip(1m)