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dir: purgatorio/man/2/virgil
.TH VIRGIL 2 .SH NAME virgil \- pose question to name resolver .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "security.m"; virgil := load Virgil Virgil->PATH; virgil: fn(args: list of string): string; .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Virgil provides a client side interface for interactions with the name resolution service .IR virgild (8). .PP .I Args is a command line of the form: .IP .BR virgil " [" -v .IR address ] .RI [ name ] .PP .I Name is the host name to be resolved to a network address. Normally the request is broadcast to any and all .I virgild servers on the network, which .B virgil expects to find on UDP/IP port 2202. The .B -v option instead directs the request to the given numeric IP .IR address . .PP .B Virgil waits up to 5 seconds for a reply, retransmitting the request once a second. It accepts and returns the first answer it receives. .SH SOURCE .B /appl/lib/virgil.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR dial (2), .IR cs (8), .IR register (8), .IR virgild (8) .SH DIAGNOSTICS .B Virgil returns .L nil for invalid arguments and if the name was not resolved. .SH BUGS The .I virgild port is hard coded.