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RESOLVER(3)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	      RESOLVER(3)


NAME
     res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand -
     resolver routines

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <netinet/in.h>
     #include <arpa/nameser.h>
     #include <resolv.h>

     res_mkquery(op, dname, class, type, data, datalen, newrr,
     buf, buflen)
     int op;
     char *dname;
     int class, type;
     char *data;
     int datalen;
     struct rrec *newrr;
     char *buf;
     int buflen;

     res_send(msg, msglen, answer, anslen)
     char *msg;
     int msglen;
     char *answer;
     int anslen;

     res_init()

     dn_comp(exp_dn, comp_dn, length, dnptrs, lastdnptr)
     char *exp_dn, *comp_dn;
     int length;
     char **dnptrs, **lastdnptr;

     dn_expand(msg, eomorig, comp_dn, exp_dn, length)
     char *msg, *eomorig, *comp_dn, exp_dn;
     int length;

DESCRIPTION
     These routines are used for making, sending and interpreting
     packets for use with Internet domain name servers.  Global
     information that is used by the resolver routines is kept in
     the variable _res.  Most of the values have reasonable
     defaults and can be ignored.  Options stored in _res.options
     are defined in resolv.h and are as follows.  Options are
     stored a simple bit mask containing the bitwise ``or'' of
     the options enabled.

     RES_INIT
	  True if the initial name server address and default
	  domain name are initialized (i.e., res_init has been
	  called).


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     RES_DEBUG
	  Print debugging messages.

     RES_AAONLY
	  Accept authoritative answers only.  With this option,
	  res_send should continue until it finds an authorita-
	  tive answer or finds an error.  Currently this is not
	  implemented.

     RES_USEVC
	  Use TCP connections for queries instead of UDP
	  datagrams.

     RES_STAYOPEN
	  Used with RES_USEVC to keep the TCP connection open
	  between queries.  This is useful only in programs that
	  regularly do many queries.  UDP should be the normal
	  mode used.

     RES_IGNTC
	  Unused currently (ignore truncation errors, i.e., don't
	  retry with TCP).

     RES_RECURSE
	  Set the recursion-desired bit in queries.  This is the
	  default.  ( res_send does not do iterative queries and
	  expects the name server to handle recursion.)

     RES_DEFNAMES
	  If set, res_mkquery will append the default domain name
	  to single-component names (those that do not contain a
	  dot).  This is the default.

     RES_DNSRCH
	  If this option is set, the standard host lookup routine
	  gethostbyname(3) will search for host names in the
	  current domain and in parent domains; see hostname(7).

     Res_init

     reads the initialization file to get the default domain name
     and the Internet address of the initial hosts running the
     name server.  If this line does not exist, the host running
     the resolver is tried.  Res_mkquery makes a standard query
     message and places it in buf.  Res_mkquery will return the
     size of the query or -1 if the query is larger than buflen.
     Op is usually QUERY but can be any of the query types
     defined in nameser.h.  Dname is the domain name.  If dname
     consists of a single label and the RES_DEFNAMES flag is
     enabled (the default), the current domain name will be
     appended to dname.  The current domain name is defined by
     the hostname or is specified in a system file; it can be


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     overridden by the environment variable LOCALDOMAIN.  Newrr
     is currently unused but is intended for making update mes-
     sages.

     Res_send sends a query to name servers and returns an
     answer.  It will call res_init if RES_INIT is not set, send
     the query to the local name server, and handle timeouts and
     retries.  The length of the message is returned, or -1 if
     there were errors.

     Dn_expand expands the compressed domain name comp_dn to a
     full domain name.	Expanded names are converted to upper
     case.  Msg is a pointer to the beginning of the message,
     exp_dn is a pointer to a buffer of size length for the
     result.  The size of compressed name is returned or -1 if
     there was an error.

     Dn_comp compresses the domain name exp_dn and stores it in
     comp_dn.  The size of the compressed name is returned or -1
     if there were errors.  length is the size of the comp_dn.
     Dnptrs is a list of pointers to previously compressed names
     in the current message.  The first pointer points to to the
     beginning of the message and the list ends with NULL.
     lastdnptr is a pointer to the end of the array pointed to
     dnptrs.  A side effect is to update the list of pointers for
     labels inserted into the message by dn_comp as the name is
     compressed.  If dnptr is NULL, names are not compressed.  If
     lastdnptr is NULL, the list of labels is not updated.

FILES
     /etc/resolv.conf	 see resolver(5)

SEE ALSO
     gethostbyname(3), named(8), resolver(5), hostname(7),
     RFC882, RFC883, RFC973, RFC974,
     SMM:11 Name Server Operations Guide for BIND


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