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getdomainname()

Get the domain name of the current host

Synopsis:

#include <unistd.h>

int getdomainname( char * name,
                   size_t namelen );

Arguments:

name

A buffer where the function can store the domain name.

namelen

The size of the name array.

Library:

libsocket

Use the -l socket option to qcc to link against this library.

Description:

The getdomainname() function gets the standard domain name for the current processor and stores it in the buffer that name points to. The name is null-terminated.

If the buffer is too small, the name is truncated.

Returns:

0

Success.

-1

An error occurred (errno is set).

Errors:

EFAULT

The name or namelen parameters gave an invalid address.

Classification:

Unix

See also:

setdomainname()