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Date:      Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:46:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A Perl Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990205113849.23284D-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990205001838.03baa980@ccsales.com>

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On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Randy A. Katz wrote:
> I'm trying to use gethostbyaddr and it is returning blank:
> 
> $ipaddress = "216.0.22.30";
> ($name, $aliases, $addrtype, $length, @addrs) =
> gethostbyaddr($ipaddress,AF_INET);  
> print "Name: $name\n";

Two things.  If you are hardcoding the IP address use

$ipaddress = inet_aton("216.0.22.30");

gethostbyaddr expects $ipaddress to be a four byte "struct".

Second, perldoc Socket says that gethostbyaddr just returns a scalar
name, not a list.

Dan
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 Dana Point Communications, Inc.                            dan@dpcsys.com
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