knet_strtoaddr(3)

knet_strtoaddr3

Convert a hostname string to an address.

Usage

#include <libknet.h>

int knet_strtoaddr(
    const char                *host,
    const char                *port,
    struct sockaddr_storage   *ss,
    socklen_t                  sslen
);

Overview

knet_strtoaddr

host - IPaddr/hostname to convert be aware only the first IP address will be returned in case a hostname resolves to multiple IP

port - port to connect to

ss - sockaddr_storage where to store the converted data

sslen - len of the sockaddr_storage

Return value

knet_strtoaddr returns same error codes as getaddrinfo

Releases

4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13

From libknet-doc 1.31-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.