_putshort Subroutine

Purpose

Places short byte quantities into the byte stream.

Library

Standard C Library (libc.a)

Syntax

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/nameser.h>
#include <resolv.h>

void _putshort ( Short,  MessagePtr)
unsigned short Short;
u_char *MessagePtr;

Description

The _putshort subroutine puts short byte quantities into the byte stream or arbitrary byte boundaries.

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

All applications containing the _putshort subroutine must be compiled with the _BSD macro set to a specific value. Acceptable values are 43 and 44. In addition, all socket applications must include the BSD libbsd.a library.

Parameters

Item Description
Short Represents a 16-bit integer.
MessagePtr Represents a pointer into the byte stream.

Files

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