firedns_getip6list(3)

firedns_getip6list3

Create a query to resolve a hostname to a list of ipv6 addresses

Usage

#include <firedns.h>
-lfiredns

int firedns_getip6list(const char * const name)

Overview

firedns_getip6list() creates and sends a request to resolve name to a list of IPv6 address. It returns a file descriptor that should be select(2)'ed upon (read set). When the file descriptor shows ready for reading, call firedns_getresult(3) to retrieve the results.

Return value

Returns an integer file descriptor that can be used the same as any other file descriptor. Returns -1 on error.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

  1. 3.1–4.0

Author

Ian Gulliver <[email protected]>

From libfiredns-dev 0.9.12+dfsg-1 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.