sethostent()

The sethostent() call opens and rewinds the ETC\HOSTS file.

Syntax

#include <netdb.h>
void sethostent(stayopen)
int stayopen;

Parameters

stayopen

Allows the ETC\HOSTS file to stay open after each call; specifying 0 closes the file.

Description

This call opens and rewinds the ETC\HOSTS file. If the stayopen parameter is nonzero, the ETC\HOSTS file stays open after each of the gethost calls.