The hostent block is as defined in unix C. The addresses given are in network byte order (the reverse of normal Acorn words).
Offset Contents
0 pointer to primary name of host
4 pointer to a block of pointers to alias names for the host
8 address type
12 address length
16 pointer to a list of addresses for host
Or, in C :
struct hostent {
char *h_name; /* Official name of host */
char **h_aliases; /* Alternative names for host */
int h_addrtype; /* Host address type */
int h_length; /* Length of each address */
char **h_addr_list; /* List of addresses for host */
#define h_addr h_addr_list[0] /* Address, for back compatibility */
};
The list of host addresses is terminated by a NULL pointer.
In BASIC you will usually want to use !!(hostent!16) to use the first in the list.
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