What replaces getipnodebyname and freehostent calls?

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Issue

I have old Solaris code that calls getipnodebyname and freehostent. Are these functions available in Red Hat 6.10, or do you have alternate functions that I should use instead?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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