Updated: April 19, 2023 |
Structure that describes an Internet host
#include <netdb.h> struct hostent { char * h_name; char ** h_aliases; int h_addrtype; int h_length; char ** h_addr_list; }; #define h_addr h_addr_list[0]
This structure describes an Internet host. It contains either the information obtained from a name server, or broken-out fields from a line in /etc/hosts.
The members of this structure are:
A #define statement is used to define the following: