HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

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gethostent(3N) gethostent(3N)
The reentrant routines return -1 if the operation is unsuccessful, or, in the case of
gethostent_r(),if
the end of the hosts list has been reached.
0 is returned otherwise.
AUTHOR
gethostent() was developed by Sun Microsystems Inc.
FILES
/etc/hosts
SEE ALSO
nis+(1), named(1M), ypserv(1M), resolver(3N), ypclnt(3C), hosts(4), nsswitch.conf(4), ypfiles(4),
thread_safety(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
gethostent() : XPG4
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