From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: How to use the "gethostbyname" function
Date: 14 Apr 2000 12:33:50 -0700
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tao_Zhou AT Shanghaigm DOT com writes:

> In my program, I used the function "gethostbyname"
> by which we can get the ip address through the hostname.
> But to my surprise, it dosen't work as i expected. The way
> i used it  is as followed:
> if((h=gethostbyname(hostname))==NULL)
> {    herror(strerror);
>      printf("%s",strerror);
> }
> Everytime when i run the program, it always told me the
> same message: unknown host.
> What's up? Who can tell me how to satisfy this awful
> function to make my program run properly?
>  hungry for your help!

DJGPP doesn't have network support built in.  You'll have to use an
add-on library; several are on Simtelnet.

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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu