getnodebyname (3)

#include <netdnet/dn.h>

#include <netdnet/dnetdb.h>

struct nodeent *getnodebyname (char *name)

getnodebyname searches the decnet hosts file for the DECnet node with name equal to name and returns node information into the nodeent structure.

If no entry is found, returns NULL

#include <netdnet/dn.h>
#include <netdnet/dnetdb.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

main(void)
{
    struct nodeent		*dp;


    if ( (dp=getnodebyname("mv3100")) == NULL)
	   printf("Error, cannot find node entry");
    else
	   printf("Node name is %s",dp->n_name);
}

dnet_htoa(3), dnet_ntoa(3), dnet_conn(3), dnet_addr(3), getnodebyaddr(3), getnodeadd(3), setnodeent(3)