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author | Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> | 2018-07-17 13:11:57 +0200 |
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committer | Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> | 2018-07-17 13:11:57 +0200 |
commit | 93638b0677f3c4c6e30b99b0ee63efc52cbadb88 (patch) | |
tree | f407631102413226847468736ac56d19661a26db /doc/lispref/processes.texi | |
parent | f8d9d00b0e95a7a62cd4fe8483793c26c3b753db (diff) | |
download | emacs-93638b0677f3c4c6e30b99b0ee63efc52cbadb88.tar.gz |
Add network-lookup-address-info description
* doc/lispref/processes.texi (Misc Network): Document
network-lookup-address-info.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 447644022c5..557cd4678a3 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi @@ -2923,6 +2923,21 @@ If the vector does not include the port number, @var{p}, or if @code{:@var{p}} suffix. @end defun +@defun network-lookup-address-info name &optional family +This function is used to perform hostname lookups on @var{name}, which +is expected to be an ASCII-only string, otherwise an error is +signaled. Call @code{puny-encode-domain} on @var{name} +first if you wish to lookup internationalized hostnames. + +If successful it returns a list of Lisp representations of network +addresses (without port numbers), otherwise it returns @code{nil}. + +By default both IPv4 and IPv6 lookups are attempted. The optional +argument @var{family} controls this behavior, specifying the symbol +@code{ipv4} or @code{ipv6} restricts lookups to IPv4 and IPv6 +respectively. +@end defun + @node Serial Ports @section Communicating with Serial Ports @cindex @file{/dev/tty} |