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endhostent(3)
NAME
  endhostent, endhostent_r - End retrieval of network host entries

SYNOPSIS
  #include <netdb.h>

  void endhostent(
	  void );

  [Tru64 UNIX]	The following function is supported in order to maintain
  backward compatibility with previous versions of the operating system.

  void endhostent_r(
	  struct hostent_data *host_data );

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc)

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  endhostent():	 XNS4.0, XNS5.0

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
  host_data
      [Tru64 UNIX]  For endhostent_r() only, this is data for the hosts
      database.

DESCRIPTION
  The endhostent() function closes the network hosts database (either the
  local /etc/hosts file or one of the files distributed by BIND or NIS),
  previously opened with the gethostbyaddr() or gethostbyname() function.

  If the most recent sethostent() function has been performed with a nonzero
  parameter, the endhostent() function will not close the network hosts
  database. In this instance, the database is not closed until a call to the
  exit() function. A second sethostent() function must be issued with a
  parameter equal to 0 (zero) in order to ensure that a following
  endhostent() function will succeed.

NOTES
  [Tru64 UNIX]	The endhostent_r() function is the reentrant version of the
  endhostent() function.  It is supported in order to maintain backward
  compatibility with previous versions of the operating system. The netdb.h
  header file defines the hostent and hostent_data structures.

ERRORS
  Current industry standards do not define error values for the endhostent()
  function.

FILES
  /etc/hosts
      Contains the local hostname database.

SEE ALSO
  Networks: bind_intro(7), nis_intro(7)

  Functions: gethostbyaddr(3), gethostbyname(3), gethostent(3), sethostent(3)

  Standards: standards(5)

  Network Programmer's Guide

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