host-name->address

Name

host-name->address -- Look up a host by name.

Type: function

Synopsis

host-name->address( hostname, addr aliases);

Arguments

hostname

An instance of <string>

Return Values

addr

An instance of <string>

aliases

An instance of <list>

Description

Look up a host name and return its address (dotted list format) and any aliases (aliases includes the canonical name as the first element)