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.\" Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
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.\"
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.TH ARES_GETHOSTBYNAME 3 "25 July 1998"
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.SH NAME
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ares_gethostbyname \- Initiate a host query by name
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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#include <ares.h>
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typedef void (*ares_host_callback)(void *\fIarg\fP, int \fIstatus\fP,
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int \fItimeouts\fP,
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struct hostent *\fIhostent\fP)
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void ares_gethostbyname(ares_channel_t *\fIchannel\fP, const char *\fIname\fP,
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int \fIfamily\fP, ares_host_callback \fIcallback\fP,
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void *\fIarg\fP)
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.B ares_gethostbyname
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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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.I name
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gives the hostname as a NUL-terminated C string, and
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.I family
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gives the desired type of address for the resulting host entry. When the
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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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.PP
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The callback argument
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.I arg
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is copied from the
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.B ares_gethostbyname
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argument
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.IR arg .
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The callback argument
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.I status
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indicates whether the query succeeded and, if not, how it failed. It
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may have any of the following values:
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_SUCCESS
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The host lookup completed successfully.
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_ENOTIMP
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The ares library does not know how to find addresses of type
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.IR family .
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_EBADNAME
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The hostname
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.B name
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is composed entirely of numbers and periods, but is not a valid
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representation of an Internet address.
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_ENODATA
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There was no data returned to extract a result from.
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_ENOTFOUND
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The name
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.I name
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was not found.
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_ENOMEM
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Memory was exhausted.
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_ECANCELLED
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The query was cancelled.
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.TP 19
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.B ARES_EDESTRUCTION
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The name service channel
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.I channel
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is being destroyed; the query will not be completed.
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.PP
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The callback argument
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.I timeouts
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reports how many times a query timed out during the execution of the
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given request.
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.PP
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On successful completion of the query, the callback argument
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.I hostent
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points to a
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.B struct hostent
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containing the name of the host returned by the query. The callback
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need not and should not attempt to free the memory pointed to by
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.IR hostent ;
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the ares library will free it when the callback returns. If the query
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did not complete successfully,
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.I hostent
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will be
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.BR NULL .
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.PP
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When the associated callback is called, it is called with a channel lock so care
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must be taken to ensure any processing is minimal to prevent DNS channel stalls.
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The callback may be triggered from a different thread than the one which
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called \fIares_gethostbyname(3)\fP.
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For integrators running their own event loops and not using \fBARES_OPT_EVENT_THREAD\fP,
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care needs to be taken to ensure any file descriptor lists are updated immediately
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within the eventloop when notified.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ares_process (3),
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.BR ares_gethostbyaddr (3)
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