osf1 man page for _getshort

_getshort(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      _getshort(3)

NAME
       _getshort - Retrieves short quantities from a byte stream

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <netinet/in.h>
       #include <arpa/nameser.h>
       #include <resolv.h>

       unsigned short _getshort (
	       u_char *message_ptr );

PARAMETERS
       Specifies a pointer into the byte stream.

DESCRIPTION
       The _getshort() function gets 16-bit quantities from the byte stream or arbitrary byte boundaries.

       The  _getshort()  function  is  one  of	a set of subroutines that form the resolver, a set of functions that resolve domain names.  Global
       information that is used by the resolver functions is kept in the _res data structure.  The include/resolv.h file contains  the	_res  data
       structure definition.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion, the _getshort() function returns an unsigned short (16-bit) value.

FILES
       Defines name server and domain names.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions:  res_init(3),  res_mkquery(3), res_send(3), dn_comp(3), dn_expand(3), dn_find(3), _getlong(3), putshort(3), putlong(3), dn_skip-
       name(3) delim off

																      _getshort(3)