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306 lines
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.\" $NetBSD: resolver.3,v 1.1 1996/02/02 15:27:53 mrg Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1995 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" @(#)resolver.3 6.5 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
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.\" $Id: resolver.3,v 8.3 1995/12/22 10:20:28 vixie Exp
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.\"
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.TH RESOLVER 3 "December 11, 1995
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.UC 4
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.SH NAME
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res_query, res_search, res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand \- resolver routines
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <sys/types.h>
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.br
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.B #include <netinet/in.h>
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.br
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.B #include <arpa/nameser.h>
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.br
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.B #include <resolv.h>
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.PP
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.B "res_query(dname, class, type, answer, anslen)"
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.br
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.B const char *dname;
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.br
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.B int class, type;
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.br
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.B u_char *answer;
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.B int anslen;
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.PP
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.B "res_search(dname, class, type, answer, anslen)"
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.br
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.B const char *dname;
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.br
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.B int class, type;
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.br
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.B u_char *answer;
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.br
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.B int anslen;
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.PP
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.B "res_mkquery(op, dname, class, type, data, datalen, newrr, buf, buflen)"
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.br
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.B int op;
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.br
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.B const char *dname;
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.br
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.B int class, type;
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.B const char *data;
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.br
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.B int datalen;
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.B struct rrec *newrr;
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.B u_char *buf;
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.B int buflen;
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.PP
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.B res_send(msg, msglen, answer, anslen)
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.br
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.B const u_char *msg;
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.br
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.B int msglen;
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.br
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.B u_char *answer;
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.B int anslen;
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.PP
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.B res_init()
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.PP
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.B dn_comp(exp_dn, comp_dn, length, dnptrs, lastdnptr)
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.br
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.B const char *exp_dn;
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.B u_char *comp_dn;
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.B int length;
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.br
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.B u_char **dnptrs, **lastdnptr;
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.PP
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.B dn_expand(msg, eomorig, comp_dn, exp_dn, length)
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.br
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.B const u_char *msg, *eomorig, *comp_dn;
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.B char *exp_dn;
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.B int length;
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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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.IR _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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.I _res.options
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are defined in
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.I 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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.IP 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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.I res_init
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has been called).
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.IP RES_DEBUG
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Print debugging messages.
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.IP RES_AAONLY
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Accept authoritative answers only.
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With this option,
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.I 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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.IP RES_USEVC
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Use TCP connections for queries instead of UDP datagrams.
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.IP RES_STAYOPEN
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Used with RES_USEVC to keep the TCP 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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UDP should be the normal mode used.
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.IP RES_IGNTC
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Unused currently (ignore truncation errors, i.e., don't retry with TCP).
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.IP 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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(\c
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.I 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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.IP RES_DEFNAMES
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If set,
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.I 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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.IP RES_DNSRCH
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If this option is set,
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.I res_search
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will search for host names in the current domain and in parent domains; see
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.IR hostname (7).
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This is used by the standard host lookup routine
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.IR gethostbyname (3).
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This option is enabled by default.
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.IP RES_NOALIASES
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This option turns off the user level aliasing feature controlled by
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the HOSTALIASES environment variable. Network daemons should set this option.
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.PP
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The
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.I res_init
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routine
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reads the configuration file (if any; see
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.IR resolver (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 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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.I "search list"
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on a per-process basis. This is similar to the
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.I search
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command in the configuration file.
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Another environment variable (``RES_OPTIONS'') can be set to
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override certain internal resolver options which are otherwise
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set by changing fields in the
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.I _res
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structure or are inherited from the configuration file's
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.I options
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command. The syntax of the ``RES_OPTIONS'' environment variable
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is explained in
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.IR resolver (5).
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Initialization normally occurs on the first call
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to one of the other resolver routines.
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.PP
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The
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.I 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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.I type
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and
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.I class
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for the specified fully-qualified domain name
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.I dname .
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The reply message is left in the
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.I answer
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buffer with length
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.I anslen
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supplied by the caller.
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.PP
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The
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.I res_search
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routine makes a query and awaits a response like
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.IR res_query ,
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but in addition, it implements the default and search rules
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controlled by the RES_DEFNAMES and RES_DNSRCH 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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.IR res_query .
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The
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.I res_mkquery
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function
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constructs a standard query message and places it in
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.IR 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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.IR buflen .
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The query type
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.I op
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is usually QUERY, but can be any of the query types defined in
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.IR <arpa/nameser.h> .
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The domain name for the query is given by
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.IR dname .
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.I 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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.I 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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.I res_init
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if RES_INIT 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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.I dn_comp
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function
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compresses the domain name
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.I exp_dn
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and stores it in
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.IR 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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.I comp_dn
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is given by
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.IR length .
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The compression uses
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an array of pointers
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.I 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 NULL.
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The limit to the array is specified by
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.IR lastdnptr .
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A side effect of
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.I 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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.I dnptr
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is NULL, names are not compressed.
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If
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.I lastdnptr
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is NULL, the list of labels is not updated.
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.PP
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The
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.I dn_expand
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entry
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expands the compressed domain name
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.I 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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.I 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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.I exp_dn
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which is of size
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.IR 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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/etc/resolv.conf see resolver(5)
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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gethostbyname(3), named(8), resolver(5), hostname(7),
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RFC1032, RFC1033, RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC974,
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SMM:11 Name Server Operations Guide for BIND
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