Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sun Sep 7 07:59:07 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m87Ex7un007412 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:59:07 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m87Evq9a011786 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:57:52 -0700 Message-Id: <200809071457.m87Evq9a011786@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: difference between gethostbyname and inet_addr Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:57:52 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > What is the difference between gethostbyname and inet_addr ?Why can't we use > inet_addr for ADDR type request? Isn't the man pages very clear about this? May be you should read them again and this time read them more carefully! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu