NAME

putshort − Places short byte quantities into the byte stream

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <arpa/nameser.h> #include <resolv.h> void putshort ( unsigned short short, u_char ∗message_ptr );

PARAMETERS

shortRepresents a 16-bit integer. 

message_ptrRepresents a pointer into the byte stream. 

DESCRIPTION

The putshort() function puts short byte quantities into the byte stream or arbitrary byte boundaries. 

The putshort() function is one of a set of subroutines that form the resolver, a set of functions that resolve domain names.  Global information that is used by the resolver functions is kept in the _res data structure.  The  /include/resolv.h file contains the _res structure definition. 

FILES

/etc/resolv.conf
Lists the name server and domain name.

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: dn_comp(3), dn_expand(3), dn_find(3), dn_skipname(3), getlong(3), getshort(3), putlong(3), res_init(3), res_mkquery(3), res_send(3)