registered
in <TT>/etc/services</TT> or in NIS database.
</DD>
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<B>unix:gethostbyname</B> <EM>hostname </EM>[function]

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<DD> 
returns the list  of ip address of <EM>hostname</EM> and its address type
(currently always AF_INET==2).
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<B>unix:syserrlist</B> <EM>errno </EM>[function]

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<DD> 
returns a string describing the error information for the error code
<EM>errno</EM>.
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