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Module Host

Signature

type t = {
name
: string ;
aliases
: string array ;
family
: Protocol_family.t ;
addresses
: 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 : Inet_addr.t -> t option

Find an entry in hosts with the given address.

val getbyaddr_exn : Inet_addr.t -> t
val have_address_in_common : t -> t -> bool