obtain all the IP addresses of a hostname

getaddrinfo usage

import C.errno.*;
import C.arpa.inet.*;
import C.netdb.*;
import C.sys.socket.*;
import C.stdlib.*;
import C.unistd.*;

var hostname:String = "www.google.com";

trace( "hostname = " + hostname );

var hints:addrinfo = new addrinfo();
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
    hints.ai_family   = AF_UNSPEC;

var eaierr:CEAIrror = new CEAIrror();
var addrlist:Array = getaddrinfo( hostname, "http", hints, eaierr );

if( !addrlist )
{
    trace( eaierr );
    exit(0);
}


trace( "found " + addrlist.length + " addresses" );
var i:uint;
var info:addrinfo;
for( i = 0; i < addrlist.length; i++ )
{
    //trace( "addrlist[" + i + "] = " + addrlist[i] );
    info = addrlist[i];
    trace( "[" + i + "] = " + inet_ntop( info.ai_family, info.ai_addr ) );
}

//output
/*
hostname = www.google.com
found 6 addresses
[0] = 74.125.71.99
[1] = 74.125.71.104
[2] = 74.125.71.105
[3] = 74.125.71.106
[4] = 74.125.71.147
[5] = 74.125.71.103
*/