getnodebyname - DECnet node entry retrieval by address

getnodebyname searches the decnet hosts file for the DECnet node with name equal to name and returns node
       information into the nodeent structure.
       If no entry is found, returns NULL

       #include <netdnet/dn.h>
       #include <netdnet/dnetdb.h>
       #include <sys/socket.h>

       main(void)
       {
           struct nodeent      *dp;

           if ( (dp=getnodebyname("mv3100")) == NULL)
               printf("Error, cannot find node entry");
           else
               printf("Node name is %s",dp->n_name);
       }

       getnodebyname - DECnet node entry retrieval by address

dnet_htoa(3), dnet_ntoa(3), dnet_conn(3), dnet_addr(3), getnodebyaddr(3), getnodeadd(3), setnodeent(3)

DECnet database functions                         July 28, 1998                                 GETNODEBYNAME(3)

#include<netdnet/dn.h>#include<netdnet/dnetdb.h>structnodeent*getnodebyname(char*name)