NAME
Raku port of Perl's getnetbyname() and associated built-ins
SYNOPSIS
use P5getnetbyname;
# exports getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr, getnetent, setnetent, endnetent
say getnetbyaddr(Scalar, 127, 2); # something akin to loopback
my @result_byname = getnetbyname("loopback");
my @result_byaddr = getnetbyaddr(|@result_byname[4,3]);
DESCRIPTION
This module tries to mimic the behaviour of Perl's getnetbyname
and associated built-ins as closely as possible in the Raku Programming Language.
It exports by default:
endnetent getnetbyname getnetbyaddr getnetent setnetent
ORIGINAL PERL 5 DOCUMENTATION
getnetbyname NAME
getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE
getnetent
setnetent STAYOPEN
endnetent
These routines are the same as their counterparts in the system C
library. In list context, the return values from the various get
routines are as follows:
# 0 1 2 3 4
( $name, $aliases, $addrtype, $net ) = getnet*
In scalar context, you get the name, unless the function was a
lookup by name, in which case you get the other thing, whatever it
is. (If the entry doesn't exist you get the undefined value.)
PORTING CAVEATS
This module depends on the availability of POSIX semantics. This is generally not available on Windows, so this module will probably not work on Windows.
AUTHOR
Elizabeth Mattijsen liz@raku.rocks
Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/P5getnetbyname . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Elizabeth Mattijsen
Re-imagined from Perl as part of the CPAN Butterfly Plan.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.