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   6 .TH LIBRESOLV 3LIB "Mar 24, 2004"
   7 .SH NAME
   8 libresolv \- resolver library
   9 .SH SYNOPSIS
  10 .LP
  11 .nf
  12 cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lresolv\fR \fB -lsocket \fR \fB -lnsl \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
  13 #include <\fBsys/types.h\fR>
  14 #include <\fBnetinet/in.h\fR>
  15 #include <\fBarpa/nameser.h\fR>
  16 #include <\fBresolv.h\fR>
  17 #include <\fBnetdb.h\fR>
  18 .fi
  19 
  20 .SH DESCRIPTION
  21 .sp
  22 .LP
  23 Functions in this library provide for creating, sending, and interpreting
  24 packets to the Internet domain name servers.
  25 .SH INTERFACES
  26 .sp
  27 .LP
  28 The shared object \fBlibresolv.so.2\fR provides the public interfaces defined
  29 below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object
  30 interfaces.
  31 .sp
  32 
  33 .sp
  34 .TS
  35 l l
  36 l l .
  37 \fB__dn_skipname\fR     \fB__fp_query\fR
  38 \fB__hostalias\fR       \fB__p_cdname\fR
  39 \fB__p_class\fR \fB__p_query\fR
  40 \fB__p_time\fR  \fB__p_type\fR
  41 \fB__putlong\fR \fB_getlong\fR
  42 \fB_getshort\fR \fB_res\fR
  43 \fBdn_comp\fR   \fBdn_expand\fR
  44 \fBfp_resstat\fR        \fBh_errno\fR
  45 \fBherror\fR    \fBhstrerror\fR
  46 \fBres_hostalias\fR     \fBres_init\fR
  47 \fBres_mkquery\fR       \fBres_nclose\fR
  48 \fBres_ninit\fR \fBres_nmkquery\fR
  49 \fBres_nquery\fR        \fBres_nquerydomain\fR
  50 \fBres_nsearch\fR       \fBres_nsend\fR
  51 \fBres_nsendsigned\fR   \fBres_query\fR
  52 \fBres_querydomain\fR   \fBres_search\fR
  53 \fBres_send\fR  \fBres_update\fR
  54 .TE
  55 
  56 .sp
  57 .LP
  58 Programs are expected to use the aliases defined in  <\fBresolv.h\fR> rather
  59 than calling the "__" prefixed procedures, as indicated in the following table.
  60 Use of the routines in the first column is discouraged.
  61 .sp
  62 
  63 .sp
  64 .TS
  65 c c
  66 l l .
  67 \fBFUNCTION REFERENCED\fR       \fBALIAS TO USE\fR
  68 \fB__dn_skipname\fR     \fBdn_skipname\fR
  69 \fB__fp_query\fR        \fBfp_query\fR
  70 \fB__putlong\fR \fBputlong\fR
  71 \fB__p_cdname\fR        \fBp_cdname\fR
  72 \fB__p_class\fR \fBp_class\fR
  73 \fB__p_time\fR  \fBp_time\fR
  74 \fB__p_type\fR  \fBp_type\fR
  75 .TE
  76 
  77 .SH FILES
  78 .sp
  79 .ne 2
  80 .na
  81 \fB\fB/lib/libresolv.so.1\fR\fR
  82 .ad
  83 .RS 26n
  84 shared object for backward compatibility only
  85 .RE
  86 
  87 .sp
  88 .ne 2
  89 .na
  90 \fB\fB/lib/64/libresolv.so.1\fR\fR
  91 .ad
  92 .RS 26n
  93 64-bit shared object for backward compatibility only
  94 .RE
  95 
  96 .sp
  97 .ne 2
  98 .na
  99 \fB\fB/lib/libresolv.so.2\fR\fR
 100 .ad
 101 .RS 26n
 102 shared object
 103 .RE
 104 
 105 .sp
 106 .ne 2
 107 .na
 108 \fB\fB/lib/64/libresolv.so.2\fR\fR
 109 .ad
 110 .RS 26n
 111 64-bit shared object
 112 .RE
 113 
 114 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 115 .sp
 116 .LP
 117 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 118 .sp
 119 
 120 .sp
 121 .TS
 122 box;
 123 c | c
 124 l | l .
 125 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 126 _
 127 Interface Stability     Standard:  BIND 8.2.4
 128 _
 129 MT-Level        See \fBresolver\fR(3RESOLV)
 130 .TE
 131 
 132 .SH SEE ALSO
 133 .sp
 134 .LP
 135 \fBpvs\fR(1), \fBIntro\fR(3), \fBresolver\fR(3RESOLV), \fBattributes\fR(5)