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Re: bug in hostname

From: Paul Jarc
Subject: Re: bug in hostname
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:16:32 -0500
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Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> Then why is does gethostbyname() return one of the names as h->h_name,
> and the others as h->h_aliases[] ? What's the criterion that makes h->h_name
> the "primary" one?

Well, there need not be a primary name at DNS level, but there can
be.  If there isn't, I'd guess one would be chosen arbitrarily.


paul
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