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firedns_getcname(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual firedns_getcname(3)

firedns_getcname - Create a query to resolve the canonical name of a host

#include <firedns.h>
-lfiredns

int firedns_getcname(const char *name)

firedns_getcname() creates and sends a request to resolve the canonical name (CNAME) of name. It returns a file descriptor that should be select(2)'ed upon (read set). When the file descriptor shows ready for reading call firedns_getresult(3) to retrieve the results.

Returns an integer file descriptor that can be used the same as any other file descriptor. Returns -1 on error.

Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

libfiredns(3), firedns_getresult(3), select(2)
2004-02-12

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