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118The
119.Fa af
120argument specifies the address family
121(e.g.\&
122.Dv AF_INET , AF_INET6 ,
123etc.) of this address.
124.Pp
125The structure returned contains either the information obtained from the name
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2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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118The
119.Fa af
120argument specifies the address family
121(e.g.\&
122.Dv AF_INET , AF_INET6 ,
123etc.) of this address.
124.Pp
125The structure returned contains either the information obtained from the name
126server,
127.Xr named 8 ,
128broken-out fields from a line in
126server, broken-out fields from a line in
129.Pa /etc/hosts ,
130or database entries supplied by the
131.Xr yp 8
132system.
133The order of the lookups is controlled by the
134.Sq hosts
135entry in
136.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .

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325for example, a mail-forwarder may be registered for this domain.
326.El
327.Sh SEE ALSO
328.Xr getaddrinfo 3 ,
329.Xr getnameinfo 3 ,
330.Xr inet_aton 3 ,
331.Xr resolver 3 ,
332.Xr hosts 5 ,
127.Pa /etc/hosts ,
128or database entries supplied by the
129.Xr yp 8
130system.
131The order of the lookups is controlled by the
132.Sq hosts
133entry in
134.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .

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323for example, a mail-forwarder may be registered for this domain.
324.El
325.Sh SEE ALSO
326.Xr getaddrinfo 3 ,
327.Xr getnameinfo 3 ,
328.Xr inet_aton 3 ,
329.Xr resolver 3 ,
330.Xr hosts 5 ,
333.Xr hostname 7 ,
334.Xr named 8
331.Xr hostname 7
335.Sh HISTORY
336The
337.Fn herror
338function appeared in
339.Bx 4.3 .
340The
341.Fn endhostent ,
342.Fn gethostbyaddr ,

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332.Sh HISTORY
333The
334.Fn herror
335function appeared in
336.Bx 4.3 .
337The
338.Fn endhostent ,
339.Fn gethostbyaddr ,

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