Net::netent
Returns information for a network. Overrides the core getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr functions with object-oriented versions that return Net::netent objects. The objects have methods that return the fields of the same name from the netent structure in netdb.h:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
addrtype
| Net address type |
aliases
| Array of aliases |
name
| Name of net |
net
| Network number |
You can access the structure fields either with the methods or by importing the fields into your namespace with the :FIELDS import tag and then accessing them by prepending n_ to the field name:
$net_obj->name() $n_name
Net::netent exports the following: