libresolv(3LIB) Interface Libraries libresolv(3LIB)NAMElibresolv - resolver library
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl [ library... ]
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/nameser.h>
#include <resolv.h>
#include <netdb.h>
DESCRIPTION
Functions in this library provide for creating, sending, and interpret‐
ing packets to the Internet domain name servers.
INTERFACES
The shared object libresolv.so.2 provides the public interfaces defined
below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object inter‐
faces.
__dn_skipname __fp_query
__hostalias __p_cdname
__p_class __p_query
__p_time __p_type
__putlong _getlong
_getshort _res
dn_comp dn_expand
fp_resstat h_errno
herror hstrerror
inet_cidr_ntop inet_cidr_pton
ns_find_tsig ns_sign
ns_sign_tcp ns_sign_tcp_init
ns_verify ns_verify_tcp
ns_verify_tcp_init res_hostalias
res_init res_mkquery
res_nclose res_ninit
res_nmkquery res_nquery
res_nquerydomain res_nsearch
res_nsend res_nsendsigned
res_query res_querydomain
res_search res_send
res_update
Programs are expected to use the aliases defined in <resolv.h> rather
than calling the "__" prefixed procedures, as indicated in the follow‐
ing table. Use of the routines in the first column is discouraged.
FUNCTION REFERENCED ALIAS TO USE
__dn_skipname dn_skipname
__fp_query fp_query
__putlong putlong
__p_cdname p_cdname
__p_class p_class
__p_time p_time
__p_type p_type
FILES
/lib/libresolv.so.1 shared object for backward compatibility only
/lib/64/libresolv.so.1 64-bit shared object for backward compatibil‐
ity only
/lib/libresolv.so.2 shared object
/lib/64/libresolv.so.2 64-bit shared object
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/library (32-bit) │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ │SUNWcslx (64-bit) │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Unsafe for deprecated │
│ │interfaces; MT-Safe for all │
│ │others │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Standard │BIND 8.2.4 │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOpvs(1), Intro(3), resolver(3RESOLV), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 11 Nov 2009 libresolv(3LIB)