getaddrinfo

getaddrinfo example

filename: mynslookup.c
build:
    gcc -o mynslookup mynslookup.c
run:
    ./mynslookup www.google.com
    Address: 69.171.245.84
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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

int (int argc, char **argv) {

int status;
struct addrinfo hints, *p;
struct addrinfo *servinfo;
char ipstr[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];


memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);

hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;

//gethostname(hostname, 128);

if ( argc < 2 ){
printf("Usage: %s domain_name", argv[0]);
exit(0);
}

if ((status = getaddrinfo(argv[1], NULL, &hints, &servinfo)) == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo error: %sn", gai_strerror(status));
exit(1);
}

for (p=servinfo; p!=NULL; p=p->ai_next) {
struct in_addr *addr;
if (p->ai_family == AF_INET) {
struct sockaddr_in *ipv = (struct sockaddr_in *)p->ai_addr;
addr = &(ipv->sin_addr);
}
else {
struct sockaddr_in6 *ipv6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)p->ai_addr;
addr = (struct in_addr *) &(ipv6->sin6_addr);
}
inet_ntop(p->ai_family, addr, ipstr, sizeof ipstr);
}

printf("Address: %sn", ipstr);
freeaddrinfo(servinfo);

return 0;
}