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| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/inet_cfg.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/inet_cfg.xml b/erts/doc/src/inet_cfg.xml index 18cf65759a..2a033c037c 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/inet_cfg.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/inet_cfg.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2010</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. - + </legalnotice> <title>Inet configuration</title> @@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ (use the Erlang DNS client <seealso marker="kernel:inet_res">inet_res</seealso> for nameserver queries).</p> + <p>The lookup method <c><![CDATA[string]]></c> tries to + parse the hostname as a IPv4 or IPv6 string and return + the resulting IP address. It is automatically tried + first when <c><![CDATA[native]]></c> is <em>not</em> + in the <c><![CDATA[Methods]]></c> list. To skip it in this case + the pseudo lookup method <c><![CDATA[nostring]]></c> can be + inserted anywhere in the <c><![CDATA[Methods]]></c> list.</p> <p></p> </item> <tag><em><c><![CDATA[{cache_size, Size}.]]></c></em></tag> |