firedns_getip4(3)

NAME
firedns_getip4 - Create a query to resolve a hostname to an IPv4 address

SYNOPSIS
#include <firedns.h>
-lfiredns

int firedns_getip4(const char * const name)

DESCRIPTION
firedns_getip4() creates and sends a request to resolve name to an IPv4 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)