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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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diff --git a/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man0p/netdb.h.0p b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man0p/netdb.h.0p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5c64629e --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man0p/netdb.h.0p @@ -0,0 +1,327 @@ +'\" et +.TH netdb.h "0P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +netdb.h +\(em definitions for network database operations +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <netdb.h> +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header may define the +.BR in_port_t +type and the +.BR in_addr_t +type as described in +.IR <netinet/in.h> . +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the +.BR hostent +structure, which shall include at least the following members: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +char *h_name \fROfficial name of the host.\fR +char **h_aliases \fRA pointer to an array of pointers to\fR + \fRalternative host names, terminated by a\fR + \fRnull pointer.\fR +int h_addrtype \fRAddress type.\fR +int h_length \fRThe length, in bytes, of the address.\fR +char **h_addr_list \fRA pointer to an array of pointers to network\fR + \fRaddresses (in network byte order) for the host,\fR + \fRterminated by a null pointer.\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the +.BR netent +structure, which shall include at least the following members: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +char *n_name \fROfficial, fully-qualified (including the\fR + \fRdomain) name of the host.\fR +char **n_aliases \fRA pointer to an array of pointers to\fR + \fRalternative network names, terminated by a\fR + \fRnull pointer.\fR +int n_addrtype \fRThe address type of the network.\fR +uint32_t n_net \fRThe network number, in host byte order.\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the +.BR uint32_t +type as described in +.IR <inttypes.h> . +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the +.BR protoent +structure, which shall include at least the following members: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +char *p_name \fROfficial name of the protocol.\fR +char **p_aliases \fRA pointer to an array of pointers to\fR + \fRalternative protocol names, terminated by\fR + \fRa null pointer.\fR +int p_proto \fRThe protocol number.\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the +.BR servent +structure, which shall include at least the following members: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +char *s_name \fROfficial name of the service.\fR +char **s_aliases \fRA pointer to an array of pointers to\fR + \fRalternative service names, terminated by\fR + \fRa null pointer.\fR +int s_port \fRA value which, when converted to uint16_t,\fR + \fRyields the port number in network byte order\fR + \fRat which the service resides.\fR +char *s_proto \fRThe name of the protocol to use when\fR + \fRcontacting the service.\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the IPPORT_RESERVED symbolic constant with the +value of the highest reserved Internet port number. +.SS "Address Information Structure" +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the +.BR addrinfo +structure, which shall include at least the following members: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +int ai_flags \fRInput flags.\fR +int ai_family \fRAddress family of socket.\fR +int ai_socktype \fRSocket type.\fR +int ai_protocol \fRProtocol of socket.\fR +socklen_t ai_addrlen \fRLength of socket address.\fR +struct sockaddr *ai_addr \fRSocket address of socket.\fR +char *ai_canonname \fRCanonical name of service location.\fR +struct addrinfo *ai_next \fRPointer to next in list.\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the following symbolic constants that evaluate to +bitwise-distinct integer constants for use in the +.IR flags +field of the +.BR addrinfo +structure: +.IP AI_PASSIVE 14 +Socket address is intended for +\fIbind\fR(). +.IP AI_CANONNAME 14 +Request for canonical name. +.IP AI_NUMERICHOST 14 +Return numeric host address as name. +.IP AI_NUMERICSERV 14 +Inhibit service name resolution. +.IP AI_V4MAPPED 14 +If no IPv6 addresses are found, query for IPv4 addresses and return +them to the caller as IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. +.IP AI_ALL 14 +Query for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. +.IP AI_ADDRCONFIG 14 +Query for IPv4 addresses only when an IPv4 address is configured; +query for IPv6 addresses only when an IPv6 address is configured. +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the following symbolic constants that evaluate +to bitwise-distinct integer constants for use in the +.IR flags +argument to +\fIgetnameinfo\fR(): +.IP NI_NOFQDN 14 +Only the nodename portion of the FQDN is returned for local hosts. +.IP NI_NUMERICHOST 14 +The numeric form of the node's address is returned instead of its +name. +.IP NI_NAMEREQD 14 +Return an error if the node's name cannot be located in the database. +.IP NI_NUMERICSERV 14 +The numeric form of the service address is returned instead of its name. +.IP NI_NUMERICSCOPE 14 +.br +For IPv6 addresses, the numeric form of the scope identifier is +returned instead of its name. +.IP NI_DGRAM 14 +Indicates that the service is a datagram service (SOCK_DGRAM). +.SS "Address Information Errors" +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the following symbolic constants for use as +error values for +\fIgetaddrinfo\fR() +and +\fIgetnameinfo\fR(). +The values shall be suitable for use in +.BR #if +preprocessing directives. +.IP EAI_AGAIN 14 +The name could not be resolved at this time. Future attempts may +succeed. +.IP EAI_BADFLAGS 14 +The flags had an invalid value. +.IP EAI_FAIL 14 +A non-recoverable error occurred. +.IP EAI_FAMILY 14 +The address family was not recognized or the address length was invalid +for the specified family. +.IP EAI_MEMORY 14 +There was a memory allocation failure. +.IP EAI_NONAME 14 +The name does not resolve for the supplied parameters. +.RS 14 +.P +NI_NAMEREQD is set and the host's name cannot be located, or both +.IR nodename +and +.IR servname +were null. +.RE +.IP EAI_SERVICE 14 +The service passed was not recognized for the specified socket type. +.IP EAI_SOCKTYPE 14 +The intended socket type was not recognized. +.IP EAI_SYSTEM 14 +A system error occurred. The error code can be found in +.IR errno . +.IP EAI_OVERFLOW 14 +An argument buffer overflowed. +.P +The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as +macros. Function prototypes shall be provided. +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +void endhostent(void); +void endnetent(void); +void endprotoent(void); +void endservent(void); +void freeaddrinfo(struct addrinfo *); +const char *gai_strerror(int); +int getaddrinfo(const char *restrict, const char *restrict, + const struct addrinfo *restrict, + struct addrinfo **restrict); +struct hostent *gethostent(void); +int getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *restrict, socklen_t, + char *restrict, socklen_t, char *restrict, + socklen_t, int); +struct netent *getnetbyaddr(uint32_t, int); +struct netent *getnetbyname(const char *); +struct netent *getnetent(void); +struct protoent *getprotobyname(const char *); +struct protoent *getprotobynumber(int); +struct protoent *getprotoent(void); +struct servent *getservbyname(const char *, const char *); +struct servent *getservbyport(int, const char *); +struct servent *getservent(void); +void sethostent(int); +void setnetent(int); +void setprotoent(int); +void setservent(int); +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR <netdb.h> +header shall define the +.BR socklen_t +type through +.BR typedef , +as described in +.IR <sys/socket.h> . +.P +Inclusion of the +.IR <netdb.h> +header may also make visible all symbols from +.IR <netinet/in.h> , +.IR <sys/socket.h> , +and +.IR <inttypes.h> . +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH "RATIONALE" +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fB<inttypes.h>\fP", +.IR "\fB<netinet_in.h>\fP", +.IR "\fB<sys_socket.h>\fP" +.P +The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fIbind\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIendhostent\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIendnetent\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIendprotoent\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIendservent\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIfreeaddrinfo\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIgai_strerror\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIgetnameinfo\fR\^(\|)" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |