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gethostbyname.3: tfix + wfix 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-05-11 11:07:48 +02:00
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@ -466,11 +466,11 @@ for the first argument.
.SS System V/POSIX extension
POSIX requires the
.BR gethostent ()
call, that should return the next entry in the host data base.
call, which should return the next entry in the host data base.
When using DNS/BIND this does not make much sense, but it may
be reasonable if the host data base is a file that can be read
line by line.
On many systems a routine of this name reads
On many systems, a routine of this name reads
from the file
.IR /etc/hosts .
.\" e.g., Linux, FreeBSD, UnixWare, HP-UX