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+++ b/lib/lwres/man/lwres_resutil.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2014 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.\" Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.\" Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
@@ -13,59 +13,77 @@
.\" OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
.\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.\" $Id$
-.\"
.hy 0
.ad l
+'\" t
.\" Title: lwres_resutil
.\" Author:
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: June 18, 2007
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 2007-06-18
.\" Manual: BIND9
-.\" Source: BIND9
+.\" Source: ISC
+.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "LWRES_RESUTIL" "3" "June 18, 2007" "BIND9" "BIND9"
+.TH "LWRES_RESUTIL" "3" "2007\-06\-18" "ISC" "BIND9"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" disable hyphenation
.nh
.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.SH "NAME"
lwres_string_parse, lwres_addr_parse, lwres_getaddrsbyname, lwres_getnamebyaddr \- lightweight resolver utility functions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.ft B
.nf
-#include <lwres/lwres.h>
+#include <lwres/lwres\&.h>
.fi
-.HP 34
+.ft
+.HP \w'lwres_result_t\ lwres_string_parse('u
.BI "lwres_result_t lwres_string_parse(lwres_buffer_t\ *" "b" ", char\ **" "c" ", lwres_uint16_t\ *" "len" ");"
-.HP 32
+.HP \w'lwres_result_t\ lwres_addr_parse('u
.BI "lwres_result_t lwres_addr_parse(lwres_buffer_t\ *" "b" ", lwres_addr_t\ *" "addr" ");"
-.HP 36
+.HP \w'lwres_result_t\ lwres_getaddrsbyname('u
.BI "lwres_result_t lwres_getaddrsbyname(lwres_context_t\ *" "ctx" ", const\ char\ *" "name" ", lwres_uint32_t\ " "addrtypes" ", lwres_gabnresponse_t\ **" "structp" ");"
-.HP 35
+.HP \w'lwres_result_t\ lwres_getnamebyaddr('u
.BI "lwres_result_t lwres_getnamebyaddr(lwres_context_t\ *" "ctx" ", lwres_uint32_t\ " "addrtype" ", lwres_uint16_t\ " "addrlen" ", const\ unsigned\ char\ *" "addr" ", lwres_gnbaresponse_t\ **" "structp" ");"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBlwres_string_parse()\fR
retrieves a DNS\-encoded string starting the current pointer of lightweight resolver buffer
-\fIb\fR: i.e.
-\fBb\->current\fR. When the function returns, the address of the first byte of the encoded string is returned via
+\fIb\fR: i\&.e\&.
+\fBb\->current\fR\&. When the function returns, the address of the first byte of the encoded string is returned via
\fI*c\fR
and the length of that string is given by
-\fI*len\fR. The buffer's current pointer is advanced to point at the character following the string length, the encoded string, and the trailing
+\fI*len\fR\&. The buffer\*(Aqs current pointer is advanced to point at the character following the string length, the encoded string, and the trailing
\fBNULL\fR
-character.
+character\&.
.PP
\fBlwres_addr_parse()\fR
extracts an address from the buffer
-\fIb\fR. The buffer's current pointer
+\fIb\fR\&. The buffer\*(Aqs current pointer
\fBb\->current\fR
-is presumed to point at an encoded address: the address preceded by a 32\-bit protocol family identifier and a 16\-bit length field. The encoded address is copied to
+is presumed to point at an encoded address: the address preceded by a 32\-bit protocol family identifier and a 16\-bit length field\&. The encoded address is copied to
\fBaddr\->address\fR
and
\fBaddr\->length\fR
-indicates the size in bytes of the address that was copied.
+indicates the size in bytes of the address that was copied\&.
\fBb\->current\fR
-is advanced to point at the next byte of available data in the buffer following the encoded address.
+is advanced to point at the next byte of available data in the buffer following the encoded address\&.
.PP
\fBlwres_getaddrsbyname()\fR
and
@@ -74,7 +92,9 @@ use the
\fBlwres_gnbaresponse_t\fR
structure defined below:
.PP
+.if n \{\
.RS 4
+.\}
.nf
typedef struct {
lwres_uint32_t flags;
@@ -89,40 +109,42 @@ typedef struct {
size_t baselen;
} lwres_gabnresponse_t;
.fi
+.if n \{\
.RE
+.\}
.PP
The contents of this structure are not manipulated directly but they are controlled through the
\fBlwres_gabn\fR(3)
-functions.
+functions\&.
.PP
The lightweight resolver uses
\fBlwres_getaddrsbyname()\fR
-to perform forward lookups. Hostname
+to perform forward lookups\&. Hostname
\fIname\fR
is looked up using the resolver context
\fIctx\fR
-for memory allocation.
+for memory allocation\&.
\fIaddrtypes\fR
-is a bitmask indicating which type of addresses are to be looked up. Current values for this bitmask are
+is a bitmask indicating which type of addresses are to be looked up\&. Current values for this bitmask are
\fBLWRES_ADDRTYPE_V4\fR
for IPv4 addresses and
\fBLWRES_ADDRTYPE_V6\fR
-for IPv6 addresses. Results of the lookup are returned in
-\fI*structp\fR.
+for IPv6 addresses\&. Results of the lookup are returned in
+\fI*structp\fR\&.
.PP
\fBlwres_getnamebyaddr()\fR
-performs reverse lookups. Resolver context
+performs reverse lookups\&. Resolver context
\fIctx\fR
-is used for memory allocation. The address type is indicated by
+is used for memory allocation\&. The address type is indicated by
\fIaddrtype\fR:
\fBLWRES_ADDRTYPE_V4\fR
or
-\fBLWRES_ADDRTYPE_V6\fR. The address to be looked up is given by
+\fBLWRES_ADDRTYPE_V6\fR\&. The address to be looked up is given by
\fIaddr\fR
and its length is
\fIaddrlen\fR
-bytes. The result of the function call is made available through
-\fI*structp\fR.
+bytes\&. The result of the function call is made available through
+\fI*structp\fR\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.PP
Successful calls to
@@ -130,12 +152,12 @@ Successful calls to
and
\fBlwres_addr_parse()\fR
return
-\fBLWRES_R_SUCCESS.\fR
+\fBLWRES_R_SUCCESS\&.\fR
Both functions return
\fBLWRES_R_FAILURE\fR
if the buffer is corrupt or
\fBLWRES_R_UNEXPECTEDEND\fR
-if the buffer has less space than expected for the components of the encoded string or address.
+if the buffer has less space than expected for the components of the encoded string or address\&.
.PP
\fBlwres_getaddrsbyname()\fR
returns
@@ -144,11 +166,11 @@ on success and it returns
\fBLWRES_R_NOTFOUND\fR
if the hostname
\fIname\fR
-could not be found.
+could not be found\&.
.PP
\fBLWRES_R_SUCCESS\fR
is returned by a successful call to
-\fBlwres_getnamebyaddr()\fR.
+\fBlwres_getnamebyaddr()\fR\&.
.PP
Both
\fBlwres_getaddrsbyname()\fR
@@ -158,13 +180,17 @@ return
\fBLWRES_R_NOMEMORY\fR
when memory allocation requests fail and
\fBLWRES_R_UNEXPECTEDEND\fR
-if the buffers used for sending queries and receiving replies are too small.
+if the buffers used for sending queries and receiving replies are too small\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBlwres_buffer\fR(3),
-\fBlwres_gabn\fR(3).
+\fBlwres_gabn\fR(3)\&.
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+\fBInternet Systems Consortium, Inc\&.\fR
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright \(co 2004, 2005, 2007, 2014 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.br
+Copyright \(co 2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.br
Copyright \(co 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.
.br