The gethostbyaddr function translates a network address to its corresponding names. : gethostbyaddr « Network « Perl

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Perl » Network » gethostbyaddr

The gethostbyaddr function translates a network address to its corresponding names.

   



Format: gethostbyaddr(ADDRESS, DOMAIN_NUMBER);



#!/bin/perl

$address=pack("C4", 127,0,0,1);

($name, $aliases,  $addrtype, $length, @addrs) = gethostbyaddr($address,2);

($a, $b, $c, $d) = unpack ( 'C4', $addrs[0]);

print "Hostname Is $name and the Internet address Is $a.$b.$c.$d.\n";

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The gethostbyaddr function searches the file /etc/hosts for the host name.

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