svn commit: r324249 - head/lib/libc/net
Cy Schubert
cy at FreeBSD.org
Wed Oct 4 06:06:23 UTC 2017
Author: cy
Date: Wed Oct 4 06:06:22 2017
New Revision: 324249
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/324249
Log:
Clarify the wording describing the stayopen flag.
MFC after: 1 week
Modified:
head/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
Modified: head/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 Wed Oct 4 03:39:54 2017 (r324248)
+++ head/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 Wed Oct 4 06:06:22 2017 (r324249)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)gethostbyname.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/25/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 12, 2006
+.Dd October 4, 2017
.Dt GETHOSTBYNAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -189,19 +189,18 @@ function
may be used to request the use of a connected
.Tn TCP
socket for queries.
-If the
+Queries will by defaulat use
+.Tn UDP
+datagrams. If the
.Fa stayopen
-flag is non-zero,
-this sets the option to send all queries to the name server using
+flag is non-zero, a
.Tn TCP
-and to retain the connection after each call to
+connection to the name server will be used. It will remain open after calls to
.Fn gethostbyname ,
.Fn gethostbyname2
or
-.Fn gethostbyaddr .
-Otherwise, queries are performed using
-.Tn UDP
-datagrams.
+.Fn gethostbyaddr
+have completed.
.Pp
The
.Fn endhostent
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