350 lines
8.8 KiB
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350 lines
8.8 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: resolver.3,v 1.11 1999/03/22 19:44:56 garbled Exp $
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.\" @(#)resolver.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt RESOLVER 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm res_query ,
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.Nm res_search ,
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.Nm res_mkquery ,
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.Nm res_send ,
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.Nm res_init ,
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.Nm dn_comp ,
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.Nm dn_expand
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.Nd resolver routines
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <netinet/in.h>
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.Fd #include <arpa/nameser.h>
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.Fd #include <resolv.h>
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.Fo res_query
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.Fa "const char *dname"
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.Fa "int class"
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.Fa "int type"
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.Fa "u_char *answer"
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.Fa "int anslen"
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.Fc
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.Fo res_search
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.Fa "const char *dname"
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.Fa "int class"
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.Fa "int type"
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.Fa "u_char *answer"
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.Fa "int anslen"
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.Fc
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.Fo res_mkquery
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.Fa "int op"
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.Fa "const char *dname"
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.Fa "int class"
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.Fa "int type"
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.Fa "const char *data"
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.Fa "int datalen"
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.Fa "struct rrec *newrr"
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.Fa "char *buf"
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.Fa "int buflen"
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.Fc
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.Fo res_send
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.Fa "const u_char *msg"
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.Fa "int msglen"
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.Fa "u_char *answer"
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.Fa "int anslen"
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.Fc
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.Fn res_init
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.Fo dn_comp
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.Fa "const char *exp_dn"
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.Fa "u_char *comp_dn"
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.Fa "int length"
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.Fa "u_char **dnptrs"
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.Fa "u_char **lastdnptr"
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.Fc
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.Fo dn_expand
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.Fa "const u_char *msg"
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.Fa "const u_char *eomorig"
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.Fa "const u_char *comp_dn"
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.Fa "u_char *exp_dn"
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.Fa "int length"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These routines are used for making, sending and interpreting
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query and reply messages with Internet domain name servers.
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.Pp
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Global configuration and state information that is used by the
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resolver routines is kept in the structure
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.Em _res .
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Most of the values have reasonable defaults and can be ignored.
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Options
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stored in
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.Em _res.options
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are defined in
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.Pa resolv.h
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and are as follows.
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Options are stored as a simple bit mask containing the bitwise ``or''
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of the options enabled.
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.Bl -tag -width RES_USE_INET6
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.It Dv RES_INIT
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True if the initial name server address and default domain name are
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initialized (i.e.,
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.Fn res_init
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has been called).
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.It Dv RES_DEBUG
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Print debugging messages.
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.It Dv RES_AAONLY
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Accept authoritative answers only.
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With this option,
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.Fn res_send
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should continue until it finds an authoritative answer or finds an error.
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Currently this is not implemented.
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.It Dv RES_USEVC
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Use
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.Tn TCP
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connections for queries instead of
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.Tn UDP
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datagrams.
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.It Dv RES_STAYOPEN
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Used with
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.Dv RES_USEVC
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to keep the
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.Tn TCP
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connection open between
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queries.
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This is useful only in programs that regularly do many queries.
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.Tn UDP
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should be the normal mode used.
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.It Dv RES_IGNTC
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Unused currently (ignore truncation errors, i.e., don't retry with
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.Tn TCP ) .
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.It Dv RES_RECURSE
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Set the recursion-desired bit in queries.
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This is the default.
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.Pf ( Fn res_send
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does not do iterative queries and expects the name server
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to handle recursion.)
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.It Dv RES_DEFNAMES
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If set,
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.Fn res_search
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will append the default domain name to single-component names
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(those that do not contain a dot).
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This option is enabled by default.
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.It Dv RES_DNSRCH
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If this option is set,
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.Fn res_search
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will search for host names in the current domain and in parent domains; see
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.Xr hostname 7 .
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This is used by the standard host lookup routine
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.Xr gethostbyname 3 .
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This option is enabled by default.
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.It Dv RES_USE_INET6
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Enable support for IPv6 addresses.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn res_init
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routine
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reads the configuration file (if any; see
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.Xr resolv.conf 5 )
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to get the default domain name,
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search list and
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the Internet address of the local name server(s).
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If no server is configured, the host running
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the resolver is tried.
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The current domain name is defined by the hostname
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if not specified in the configuration file;
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it can be overridden by the environment variable
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.Ev LOCALDOMAIN .
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This environment variable may contain several blank-separated
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tokens if you wish to override the
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.Fa search list
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on a per-process basis.
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This is similar to the
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.Fa search
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command in the configuration file.
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Another environment variable
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.Ev RES_OPTIONS
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can be set to override certain internal resolver options which
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are otherwise set by changing fields in the
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.Fa _res
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structure or are inherited from the configuration file's
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.Fa options
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command.
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The syntax of the
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.Ev RES_OPTIONS
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environment variable is explained in
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.Xr resolv.conf 5 .
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Initialization normally occurs on the first call
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to one of the following routines.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn res_query
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function provides an interface to the server query mechanism.
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It constructs a query, sends it to the local server,
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awaits a response, and makes preliminary checks on the reply.
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The query requests information of the specified
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.Fa type
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and
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.Fa class
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for the specified fully-qualified domain name
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.Fa dname .
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The reply message is left in the
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.Fa answer
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buffer with length
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.Fa anslen
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supplied by the caller.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn res_search
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routine makes a query and awaits a response like
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.Fn res_query ,
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but in addition, it implements the default and search rules
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controlled by the
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.Dv RES_DEFNAMES
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and
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.Dv RES_DNSRCH
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options.
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It returns the first successful reply.
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.Pp
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The remaining routines are lower-level routines used by
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.Fn res_query .
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The
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.Fn res_mkquery
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function
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constructs a standard query message and places it in
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.Fa buf .
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It returns the size of the query, or \-1 if the query is
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larger than
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.Fa buflen .
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The query type
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.Fa op
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is usually
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.Dv QUERY ,
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but can be any of the query types defined in
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.Aq Pa arpa/nameser.h .
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The domain name for the query is given by
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.Fa dname .
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.Fa newrr
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is currently unused but is intended for making update messages.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn res_send
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routine
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sends a pre-formatted query and returns an answer.
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It will call
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.Fn res_init
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if
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.Dv RES_INIT
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is not set, send the query to the local name server, and
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handle timeouts and retries.
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The length of the reply message is returned, or
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\-1 if there were errors.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn dn_comp
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function
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compresses the domain name
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.Fa exp_dn
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and stores it in
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.Fa comp_dn .
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The size of the compressed name is returned or \-1 if there were errors.
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The size of the array pointed to by
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.Fa comp_dn
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is given by
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.Fa length .
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The compression uses
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an array of pointers
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.Fa dnptrs
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to previously-compressed names in the current message.
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The first pointer points to
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to the beginning of the message and the list ends with
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.Dv NULL .
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The limit to the array is specified by
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.Fa lastdnptr .
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A side effect of
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.Fn dn_comp
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is to update the list of pointers for
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labels inserted into the message
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as the name is compressed.
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If
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.Em dnptr
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is
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.Dv NULL, names are not compressed.
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If
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.Fa lastdnptr
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is
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.Dv NULL ,
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the list of labels is not updated.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn dn_expand
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entry
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expands the compressed domain name
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.Fa comp_dn
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to a full domain name
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The compressed name is contained in a query or reply message;
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.Fa msg
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is a pointer to the beginning of the message.
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The uncompressed name is placed in the buffer indicated by
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.Fa exp_dn
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which is of size
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.Fa length .
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The size of compressed name is returned or \-1 if there was an error.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width Pa
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/etc/resolv.conf
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The configuration file
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see
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.Xr resolv.conf 5 .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
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.Xr named 8 ,
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.Xr resolv.conf 5 ,
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.Xr hostname 7 ,
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.Pp
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.%T RFC974 ,
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.%T RFC1032 ,
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.%T RFC1033 ,
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.%T RFC1034 ,
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.%T RFC1035 ,
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.%T RFC1535
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.Rs
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.%T "Name Server Operations Guide for BIND"
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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