firedns_resolvecname(3)

NAME

firedns_resolvecname - Resolve the canonical name of a

host

SYNOPSIS

#include <firedns.h>
-lfiredns
char *firedns_resolvecname(const char * name)
char *firedns_resolvecname_r(const char * name)

DESCRIPTION

firedns_resolvecname() attempts to resolve the canonical

name (CNAME) of name.

RETURN VALUE

Returns a pointer to an internal static char * that con

tains a CNAME ip, or NULL if there is no such record (indicating

that you already have the canonical name of the host).

AUTHOR

Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

libfiredns(3)

2004-02-12

firedns_resolvecname(3)