Use of getaddrinfo() versus deprecated gethostbyname()

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Minor Crank

Sorry for the silly newbie question.

Our manager has directed us to use the getaddrinfo() instead of the
deprecated gethostbyname().

The problem is, I don't know where getaddrinfo() get its address
information. It seems to ignore entries placed in the hosts table.

Help!

Tom
 

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