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.TH ARES_GETADDRINFO 3 "4 November 2018" |
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.SH NAME |
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ares_getaddrinfo \- Initiate a host query by name |
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ares_getaddrinfo \- Initiate a host query by name and service |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.nf |
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.B #include <ares.h> |
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@ -24,19 +24,8 @@ ares_getaddrinfo \- Initiate a host query by name |
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.B int \fItimeouts\fP, struct ares_addrinfo *\fIresult\fP) |
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.PP |
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.B void ares_getaddrinfo(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP, const char *\fIname\fP, |
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.B const char* \fIservice\fP, const struct ares_addrinfo *\fIhints\fP, |
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.B const char* \fIservice\fP, const struct ares_addrinfo_hints *\fIhints\fP, |
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.B ares_addrinfo_callback \fIcallback\fP, void *\fIarg\fP) |
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.PP |
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.B struct ares_addrinfo { |
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.B int \fIai_flags\fP; |
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.B int \fIai_family\fP; |
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.B int \fIai_socktype\fP; |
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.B int \fIai_protocol\fP; |
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.B ares_socklen_t \fIai_addrlen\fP; |
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.B char \fI*ai_canonname\fP; |
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.B struct sockaddr \fI*ai_addr\fP; |
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.B struct ares_addrinfo \fI*ai_next\fP; |
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.B }; |
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.fi |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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The |
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function initiates a host query by name on the name service channel |
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identified by |
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.IR channel . |
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The parameter |
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The |
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.I name |
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gives the hostname as a NUL-terminated C string, and |
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.I hints->ai_family |
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gives the desired type of address for the resulting addrinfo result list. |
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The parameter |
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and |
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.I service |
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and the other properties from the |
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parameters give the hostname and service as NULL-terminated C strings. |
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The |
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.I hints |
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parameter are ignored. When the |
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query is complete or has failed, the ares library will invoke \fIcallback\fP. |
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parameter is an |
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.BR ares_addrinfo_hints |
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structure: |
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.PP |
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.IN +4n |
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.EX |
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struct ares_addrinfo_hints { |
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int ai_flags; |
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int ai_family; |
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int ai_socktype; |
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int ai_protocol; |
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}; |
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.EE |
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.IN |
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.TP |
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.I ai_family |
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Specifies desired address family. AF_UNSPEC means return both AF_INET and AF_INET6. |
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.TP |
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.I ai_socktype |
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Specifies desired socket type, for example SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM. |
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Setting this to 0 means any type. |
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.TP |
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.I ai_protocol |
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Setting this to 0 means any protocol. |
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.TP |
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.I ai_flags |
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Specifies additional options, see below. |
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.PP |
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.TP 19 |
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.B ARES_AI_NUMERICSERV |
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If this option is set |
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.I service |
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field will be treated as a numeric value. |
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.TP 19 |
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.B ARES_AI_CANONNAME |
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The ares_addrinfo structure will return a canonical names list. |
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.TP 19 |
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.B ARES_AI_NOSORT |
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Result addresses will not be sorted and no connections to resolved addresses will be attempted. |
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.TP 19 |
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.B ARES_AI_ENVHOSTS |
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Read hosts file path from the environment variable |
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.I CARES_HOSTS . |
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.PP |
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When the query is complete or has failed, the ares library will invoke \fIcallback\fP. |
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Completion or failure of the query may happen immediately, or may happen |
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during a later call to \fIares_process(3)\fP, \fIares_destroy(3)\fP or |
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\fIares_cancel(3)\fP. |
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.IR family . |
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.TP 19 |
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.B ARES_ENOTFOUND |
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The name |
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The |
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.I name |
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was not found. |
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.TP 19 |
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On successful completion of the query, the callback argument |
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.I result |
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points to a |
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.B struct addrinfo |
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which is a linked list, where each item contains family and address of |
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the requested name. The reserved memory has to be deleted by |
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.B struct ares_addrinfo |
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which contains two linked lists, one with resolved addresses and another with canonical names. |
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.PP |
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.IN +4n |
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.EX |
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struct ares_addrinfo { |
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struct ares_addrinfo_cname *cnames; |
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struct ares_addrinfo_node *nodes; |
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}; |
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.EE |
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.IN |
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.PP |
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.I ares_addrinfo_node |
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structure is similar to RFC3493 addrinfo, but without canonname and with extra ttl field. |
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.IN +4n |
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.PP |
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.EX |
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struct ares_addrinfo_node { |
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int ai_ttl; |
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int ai_flags; |
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int ai_family; |
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int ai_socktype; |
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int ai_protocol; |
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ares_socklen_t ai_addrlen; |
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struct sockaddr *ai_addr; |
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struct ares_addrinfo_node *ai_next; |
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}; |
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.IN |
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.I ares_addrinfo_cname |
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structure is a linked list of CNAME records where |
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.I ttl |
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is a time to live |
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.I alias |
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is a label of the resource record and |
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.I name |
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is a value (canonical name) of the resource record. |
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See RFC2181 10.1.1. CNAME terminology. |
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struct ares_addrinfo_cname { |
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int ttl; |
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char *alias; |
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char *name; |
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struct ares_addrinfo_cname *next; |
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}; |
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.EE |
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.IN |
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.PP |
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The reserved memory has to be deleted by |
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.B ares_freeaddrinfo. |
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The result is sorted according to RFC6724 except: |
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Christian Ammer |
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Andrew Selivanov <andrew.selivanov@gmail.com> |
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.SH CAVEATS |
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This function is under development. It only supports a minimum feature set |
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of the function |
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.B getaddrinfo |
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defined in RFC-3493 |
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.br |
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