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inetutils/libinetutils/localhost.c
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/* localhost.c - A slightly more convenient wrapper for gethostname
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Inetutils.
GNU Inetutils is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.
GNU Inetutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see `http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'. */
/* Written by Miles Bader. */
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif
#include <unistd.h>
#ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
# include <malloc.h>
#endif
#if defined(STDC_HEADERS) || defined(HAVE_STDLIB_H)
# include <stdlib.h>
#endif
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
/* Return the name of the localhost. This is just a wrapper for gethostname,
which takes care of allocating a big enough buffer, and caches the result
after the first call (so the result should be copied before modification).
If something goes wrong, 0 is returned, and errno set. */
/* We know longer use static buffers, is to dangerous and
cause subtile bugs. */
char *
localhost (void)
{
char *buf = NULL;
size_t buf_len = 0;
int status = 0;
do
{
char *tmp;
errno = 0;
buf_len += 256; /* Initial guess */
tmp = realloc (buf, buf_len);
if (tmp == NULL)
{
errno = ENOMEM;
free (buf);
return 0;
}
else
buf = tmp;
}
while (((status = gethostname (buf, buf_len)) == 0
&& !memchr (buf, '\0', buf_len))
#ifdef ENAMETOOLONG
|| errno == ENAMETOOLONG
#endif
);
if (status != 0 && errno != 0)
/* gethostname failed, abort. */
{
free (buf);
buf = 0;
}
else
/* Determine FQDN */
{
struct hostent *hp = gethostbyname (buf);
if (hp)
{
struct in_addr addr;
addr.s_addr = *(unsigned int *) hp->h_addr;
hp = gethostbyaddr ((char *) &addr, sizeof (addr), AF_INET);
if (hp)
{
free (buf);
buf = strdup (hp->h_name);
}
}
}
return buf;
}