ldns(3)

💖 ldns(3) — the bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the ldns library functions manual, and bestie, it's literally just two little functions that do the classic DNS glow-up: name ➡️ address, and address ➡️ name. That's it. That's the whole vibe. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ldns_get_rr_list_addr_by_name, ldns_get_rr_list_name_by_addr — get addresses by name or names by address 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

no cap, here's the exact include situation:

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

#include <ldns/ldns.h>

ldns_rr_list* ldns_get_rr_list_addr_by_name(ldns_resolver *r, const
ldns_rdf *name, ldns_rr_class c, uint16_t flags);

ldns_rr_list* ldns_get_rr_list_name_by_addr(ldns_resolver *r, const
ldns_rdf *addr, ldns_rr_class c, uint16_t flags);

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

ldns_get_rr_list_addr_by_name() 💅

the way that this one just asks the resolver about name and returns all address records… iconic. periodt.

• r — the resolver to use 🔍
• name — the name to look for ✨
• c — the class to use 🌈
• flags — give some optional flags to the query 🎀

ldns_get_rr_list_name_by_addr() 🦋

and this one? it asks the resolver about the address and returns the name. reverse-lookup main character energy, fr fr. 😭

• r — the resolver to use 🔍
• addr — the addr to look for ✨
• c — the class to use 🌈
• flags — give some optional flags to the query 🎀

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🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

The ldns team at NLnet Labs. (genuinely so talented, we stan 🫶)

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💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a lil oopsie? not me gatekeeping bug reports. please report bugs to dns-team@nlnetlabs.nl or on GitHub at https://github.com/NLnetLabs/ldns/issues 🙈

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (c) 2004 - 2006 NLnet Labs.

Licensed under the BSD License. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 😭 (yes bestie, that's the legal way of saying "we told you so in all caps")

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• ldns_rr_list
• ldns_rr

And perldoc Net::DNS, RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC4033, RFC4034 and RFC4035. iykyk 📚

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🧚 REMARKS 🧚

This manpage was automatically generated from the ldns source code. (so if it's a little stiff, that's why — not us, we're doing great 💅)

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and that's the whole page, bestie! 🌸 written up on 30 May 2006 for ldns(3) — slay, stay safe, and always check your exit codes. mwah 🫶💖