Structure for information from the network database
Synopsis:
#include <netdb.h>
struct netent {
char * n_name;
char ** n_aliases;
int n_addrtype;
uint32_t n_net;
};
Description:
This structure holds information from the network database,
/etc/networks.
The members of this structure are:
- n_name
- The name of the network.
- n_aliases
- A zero-terminated list of alternate names for the network.
- n_addrtype
- The type of the network number returned; currently only AF_INET.
- n_net
- The network number. Network numbers are returned in machine-byte order.