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libasyncns is a C library for Linux/Unix for executing name service queries
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asynchronously. It is an asynchronous wrapper around getaddrinfo(3),
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getnameinfo(3), res_query(3) and res_search(3) from libc and libresolv.
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In contrast to GNU's asynchronous name resolving API getaddrinfo_a(),
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libasyncns does not make use of UNIX signals for reporting completion of name
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queries. Instead, the API exports a standard UNIX file descriptor which may be
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integerated cleanly into custom main loops.
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In contrast to asynchronous DNS resolving libraries like libdenise, skadns,
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adns, libasyncns is just an asynchronous wrapper around the libc's synchronous
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getaddrinfo() API, which has the advantage of allowing name resolution using
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techniques like Multicast DNS, LDAP or NIS using standard libc NSS (Name
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Service Switch) modules. libasyncns is compatible with IPv6 if the underlying
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libc is.
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libasyncns is very tiny, consisting of just one header and one source file. It
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has no dependencies besides libc.
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WWW: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libasyncns/
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