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49 .Fn getnetbyname "const char *name"
51 .Fn getnetbyaddr "uint32_t net" "int type"
52 .Fn setnetent "int stayopen"
61 each return a pointer to an object with the
63 containing the broken-out
64 fields of a line in the network data base as described in
66 .Bd -literal -offset indent
68 char *n_name; /* official name of net */
69 char **n_aliases; /* alias list */
70 int n_addrtype; /* net number type */
71 uint32_t n_net; /* net number */
75 The members of this structure are:
76 .Bl -tag -width n_addrtype
78 The official name of the network.
80 A zero terminated list of alternative names for the network.
82 The type of the network number returned; currently only AF_INET.
84 The network number. Network numbers are returned in machine byte
91 reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
96 opens and rewinds the file. If the
99 the net data base will not be closed after each call to
114 sequentially search from the beginning
115 of the file until a matching
117 net address and type is found,
121 Network numbers are supplied in host order.
123 .Bl -tag -width /etc/networks -compact
142 functions appeared in
145 The data space used by
146 these functions is static; if future use requires the data, it should be
147 copied before any subsequent calls to these functions overwrite it.
148 Only Internet network
149 numbers are currently understood.
150 Expecting network numbers to fit
151 in no more than 32 bits is probably