 
			| GNU/Linux | CentOS 2.1AS(Slurm) | |
|  | getnetbyname(3) |  | 
getnetent, getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr, setnetent, endnetent − get network entry
#include <netdb.h>
struct netent *getnetent(void);
struct netent *getnetbyname(const char *name);
struct netent *getnetbyaddr(long net, int type);
void setnetent(int stayopen);
void endnetent(void);
The getnetent() function reads the next line from the file /etc/networks and returns a structure netent containing the broken out fields from the line. The /etc/networks file is opened if necessary.
The getnetbyname() function returns a netent structure for the line from /etc/networks that matches the network name.
The getnetbyaddr() function returns a netent structure for the line that matches the network number net of type type.
The setnetent() function opens and rewinds the /etc/networks file. If stayopen is true (1), then the file will not be closed between calls to getnetbyname() and getnetbyaddr().
The endservent() function closes /etc/networks.
The netent structure is defined in <netdb.h> as follows:
struct netent {
| char | |||
| *n_name; | /* official network name */ | ||
| char | |||
| **n_aliases; | /* alias list */ | ||
| int | |||
| n_addrtype; | /* net address type */ | ||
| unsigned long int n_net; | /* network number */ | 
}
The members of the netent structure are:
| n_name | The official name of the network. | 
n_aliases
A zero terminated list of alternative names for the network.
n_addrtype
The type of the network number; always AF_INET.
| n_net | The network number in host byte order. | 
The getnetent(), getnetbyname() and getnetbyaddr() functions return the netent structure, or a NULL pointer if an error occurs or the end of the file is reached.
/etc/networks networks database file
BSD 4.3
getprotoent(3),
getservent(3), networks(5) 
RFC 1101
|  | getnetbyname(3) |  |