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<meta name="description" content="LuaSocket: DNS support">
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<meta name="keywords" content="Lua, LuaSocket, DNS, Network, Library, Support">
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<title>LuaSocket: DNS support</title>
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<tr><td align=center><a href="http://www.lua.org">
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<img width=128 height=128 border=0 alt="LuaSocket" src="luasocket.png">
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</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td align=center valign=top>Network support for the Lua language
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<a href="home.html">home</a> ·
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<!-- dns ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -->
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<h2 id=dns>DNS</h2>
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Name resolution functions return <em>all</em> information obtained from the
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resolver in a table of the form:
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<blockquote><tt>
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resolved = {<br>
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name = <i>canonic-name</i>,<br>
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alias = <i>alias-list</i>,<br>
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ip = <i>ip-address-list</i><br>
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}
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</tt> </blockquote>
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Note that the <tt>alias</tt> list can be empty.
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<p class=name id=gethostname>
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socket.dns.<b>gethostname()</b>
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<p class=description>
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Returns the standard host name for the machine as a string.
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<p class=name id=tohostname>
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socket.dns.<b>tohostname(</b>address<b>)</b>
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<p class=description>
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Converts from IP address to host name.
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<p class=parameters>
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<tt>Address</tt> can be an IP address or host name.
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<p class=return>
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The function returns a string with the canonic host name of the given
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<tt>address</tt>, followed by a table with all information returned by
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the resolver. In case of error, the function returns <b><tt>nil</tt></b>
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followed by an error message.
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<p class=name id=toip>
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socket.dns.<b>toip(</b>address<b>)</b>
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<p class=description>
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Converts from host name to IP address.
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<p class=parameters>
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<tt>Address</tt> can be an IP address or host name.
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<p class=return>
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Returns a string with the first IP address found for <tt>address</tt>,
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followed by a table with all information returned by the resolver.
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In case of error, the function returns <b><tt>nil</tt></b> followed by an error
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message.
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Last modified by Diego Nehab on <br>
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Thu Apr 20 00:25:07 EDT 2006
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