GETADDRINFO(3P)

✨ GETADDRINFO(3P) ✨

okay bestie, so this one's from the POSIX Programmer's Manual — yes, getaddrinfo(3P), the whole "get address information" situation 💖

PROLOG — no cap, this is important: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so go peek at the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or the interface may not even be implemented on Linux at all. 💀

🌸 NAME 🌸

getaddrinfo — get address information ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>

int getaddrinfo(const char *restrict nodename,
    const char *restrict servname,
    const struct addrinfo *restrict hints,
    struct addrinfo **restrict res);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie, listen — refer to freeaddrinfo(). that's literally it, that's the whole vibe. the way this page just points you elsewhere is giving "ask my friend, she knows" 💅

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

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Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. (so don't come for the standard, come for the conversion 😭) To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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