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firedns_getip6list(3)                       DragonFly Library Functions Manual

NAME

firedns_getip6list - Create a query to resolve a hostname to a list of IPv6 addresses

SYNOPSIS

#include <firedns.h> -lfiredns int firedns_getip6list(const char * const name)

DESCRIPTION

firedns_getip6list() creates and sends a request to resolve name to a list of IPv6 address. 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.

RETURN VALUE

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

AUTHOR

Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

libfiredns(3), firedns_getresult(3), select(2) 2004-02-12 firedns_getip6list(3)

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