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><A
NAME="NET-NS-DNS-API1">DNS API</H1
><P
>The DNS client uses the normal BSD API for performing lookups:
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>gethostbyname()</TT
> and
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>gethostbyaddr()</TT
>.</P
><P
>There are a few restrictions:</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Only IPv4 is supported, ie IPv6 addresses cannot be looked
up.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>If the DNS server returns multiple authoritive records
for a host name, the hostent will only contain a record for the
first entry.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>The code has been made thread safe. ie multiple threads
may call
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>gethostbyname()</TT
>
 without causing problems to the hostent structure returned. What
is not safe is one thread using both
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>gethostbyname()</TT
>
 and
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>gethostbyaddr()</TT
>.
A call to one will destroy the results from the previous call
to the other function.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>To initialise the DNS client the following function must be
called:</P
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><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>#include &lt;network.h&gt;
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></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><P
>where dns_server is the address of the DNS server
the client should query. On Error this function returns -1, otherwise
 
been called, they will fail and return NULL.</P
><P
>A default, hard coded, server may be specified in the CDL option
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CYGDAT_NS_DNS_DEFAULT_SERVER</TT
>. The use of this is
controlled by <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CYGPKG_NS_DNS_DEFAULT</TT
>. If this is
enabled, <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>init_all_network_interfaces</TT
> will
initialize the resolver with the hard coded address. The DHCP client
or user code my override this address by calling
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>cyg_dns_res_init</TT
> again. </P
><P
>The DNS client understands the concepts of the target being
in a domain. By default no domain will be used. Host name lookups
should be for fully qualified names. The domain name can be set
and retrieved using the functions:
<DIV
CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSIS"
><A
NAME="AEN14685"><P
></P
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>int getdomainname</CODE
>(char *name, size_t len);</CODE
></P
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>int setdomainname</CODE
>(const char *name, size_t len);</CODE
></P
><P
></P
></DIV
></P
><P
>Alternatively, a hard coded domain name can be set using CDL.
The boolean <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CYGPKG_NS_DNS_DOMAINNAME</TT
> enables this
and the domain name is taken from
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CYGPKG_NS_DNS_DOMAINNAME_NAME</TT
>.</P
><P
>Once set, the DNS client will first perform a lookup with the domain
name appended. If this fails it will then perform a second lookup
without the appended domain name. </P
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89			`><A`
90			`NAME="NET-NS-DNS-API1">DNS API</H1`
91			`><P`
92			`>The DNS client uses the normal BSD API for performing lookups:`
93			`<TT`
94			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
95			`>gethostbyname()</TT`
96			`> and`
97			`<TT`
98			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
99			`>gethostbyaddr()</TT`
100			`>.</P`
101			`><P`
102			`>There are a few restrictions:</P`
103			`><P`
104			`></P`
105			`><UL`
106			`><LI`
107			`><P`
108			`>Only IPv4 is supported, ie IPv6 addresses cannot be looked`
109			`up.</P`
110			`></LI`
111			`><LI`
112			`><P`
113			`>If the DNS server returns multiple authoritive records`
114			`for a host name, the hostent will only contain a record for the`
115			`first entry.</P`
116			`></LI`
117			`><LI`
118			`><P`
119			`>The code has been made thread safe. ie multiple threads`
120			`may call`
121			`<TT`
122			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
123			`>gethostbyname()</TT`
124			`>`
125			`without causing problems to the hostent structure returned. What`
126			`is not safe is one thread using both`
127			`<TT`
128			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
129			`>gethostbyname()</TT`
130			`>`
131			`and`
132			`<TT`
133			`CLASS="FUNCTION"`
134			`>gethostbyaddr()</TT`
135			`>.`
136			`A call to one will destroy the results from the previous call`
137			`to the other function.</P`
138			`></LI`
139			`></UL`
140			`><P`
141			`>To initialise the DNS client the following function must be`
142			`called:</P`
143			`><TABLE`
144			`BORDER="5"`
145			`BGCOLOR="#E0E0F0"`
146			`WIDTH="70%"`
147			`><TR`
148			`><TD`
149			`><PRE`
150			`CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"`
151			`>#include <network.h>`
152			`int cyg_dns_res_init(struct in_addr *dns_server)</PRE`
153			`></TD`
154			`></TR`
155			`></TABLE`
156			`><P`
157			`>where dns_server is the address of the DNS server`
158			`the client should query. On Error this function returns -1, otherwise`
159
160			`been called, they will fail and return NULL.</P`
161			`><P`
162			`>A default, hard coded, server may be specified in the CDL option`
163			`<TT`
164			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
165			`>CYGDAT_NS_DNS_DEFAULT_SERVER</TT`
166			`>. The use of this is`
167			`controlled by <TT`
168			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
169			`>CYGPKG_NS_DNS_DEFAULT</TT`
170			`>. If this is`
171			`enabled, <TT`
172			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
173			`>init_all_network_interfaces</TT`
174			`> will`
175			`initialize the resolver with the hard coded address. The DHCP client`
176			`or user code my override this address by calling`
177			`<TT`
178			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
179			`>cyg_dns_res_init</TT`
180			`> again. </P`
181			`><P`
182			`>The DNS client understands the concepts of the target being`
183			`in a domain. By default no domain will be used. Host name lookups`
184			`should be for fully qualified names. The domain name can be set`
185			`and retrieved using the functions:`
186			`<DIV`
187			`CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSIS"`
188			`><A`
189			`NAME="AEN14685"><P`
190			`></P`
191			`><P`
192			`><CODE`
193			`><CODE`
194			`CLASS="FUNCDEF"`
195			`>int getdomainname</CODE`
196			`>(char *name, size_t len);</CODE`
197			`></P`
198			`><P`
199			`><CODE`
200			`><CODE`
201			`CLASS="FUNCDEF"`
202			`>int setdomainname</CODE`
203			`>(const char *name, size_t len);</CODE`
204			`></P`
205			`><P`
206			`></P`
207			`></DIV`
208			`></P`
209			`><P`
210			`>Alternatively, a hard coded domain name can be set using CDL.`
211			`The boolean <TT`
212			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
213			`>CYGPKG_NS_DNS_DOMAINNAME</TT`
214			`> enables this`
215			`and the domain name is taken from`
216			`<TT`
217			`CLASS="LITERAL"`
218			`>CYGPKG_NS_DNS_DOMAINNAME_NAME</TT`
219			`>.</P`
220			`><P`
221			`>Once set, the DNS client will first perform a lookup with the domain`
222			`name appended. If this fails it will then perform a second lookup`
223			`without the appended domain name. </P`
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