Module Unix.Host

module Host: sig .. end

type t = {

	`name :string;`
	`aliases :string array;`
	`family :Unix.Protocol_family.t;`
	`addresses :Unix.Inet_addr.t array;`

}

Structure of entries in the hosts database.

val sexp_of_t : t -> Sexplib.Sexp.t

val getbyname : string -> t option

Find an entry in hosts with the given name.

NOTE: This function is not thread safe with certain versions of winbind using "wins" name resolution.

val getbyname_exn : string -> t

val getbyaddr : Unix.Inet_addr.t -> t option

Find an entry in hosts with the given address.

val getbyaddr_exn : Unix.Inet_addr.t -> t