getip(8dce)
Gets a host's IP address
Synopsis
getip host
Arguments
host
The host argument indicates the name of the machine whose IP address you want to obtain.
Description
The getip command prints the IP address of the machine indicated in the host argument. A machine may have more than one IP address associated with
it; if so, getip prints one of the addresses. If the command fails, it returns a status of 1.
Errors
A representative list of errors that might be returned is not shown here. Refer to the OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide for complete descriptions of all error messages.
Related Information
Functions: gethostbyname(3)