fqdn2ip.c

char *
fqdn2ip(host)
char *host;
{
    unsigned long sum;
    unsigned long base[4]={16777216,65536,256,1};
    int i, ip[4];

    if (!strcmp(host, "localhost"))
        return "127.0.0.1";

    sum = dns_a(host);

    for (i=0; i<=3; i++)
    {
       ip[i] = sum / base[i];
       sum -= base[i]*ip[i];
    }
    sprintf(ipaddr, "%d.%d.%d.%d\0", ip[3], ip[2], ip[1], ip[0]);

    return (ipaddr);
}