gethostbyname() and localhost

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From: "Steve East" <Steve East@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 15:36:02 -0700

If I call gethostbyname with a parameter of "localhost" I see:

Name= qawin2k
Aliases=
Addrtype= 2
Length= 4
Address=127.0.0.1

On every Unix system I've tried I see:

Name= localhost
Aliases=
Addrtype= 2
Length= 4
Address=127.0.0.1

Any way I can get the Unix behaviour, i.e. name=localhost?

Thanks,
Steve.

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