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.TH getdns_convert 3 "@date@" "getdns @version@" getdns
.SH NAME
.B getdns_convert, 
.B getdns_convert_dns_name_to_fqdn, 
.B getdns_convert_fqdn_to_dns_name

.SH LIBRARY
DNS Resolver library (libgetdns, -lgetdns)

.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <getdns.h>

getdns_return_t 
.br
.B getdns_convert_dns_name_to_fqdn
(const getdns_bindata *dns_name_wire_fmt,
.br
.RS 3
char **fqdn_as_string)
.RE

getdns_return_t 
.br
.B getdns_convert_fqdn_to_dns_name
(char *fqdn_as_string, 
.br
.RS 3
const getdns_bindata **dns_name_wire_fmt)
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION

.LP
Names in DNS fields are stored in a fashion very different from the normal
presentation format normally used in applications. The DNS format is described
in the first paragraph in Section 3.1 of RFC 1035; the presentation format here
is a null-terminated string with interior dots. These helper functions only
work with names in the DNS format that are not compressed. They are useful for
converting domain names in the replies_tree to and from the FQDN presentation
format.

getdns_convert_dns_name_to_fqdn() converts a domain name in DNS format to the
presentation format. For example, the hex sequence 03 77 77 77 07 65 78 61 6d
70 6c 65 03 63 6f 6d 00 would be converted to "www.example.com".
getdns_convert_fqdn_to_dns_name() does the reverse: it converts a
null-terminated string in FQDN format to bytes in DNS format.

.HP 3
.I dns_name_wire_fmt
.RP
The non-compressed DNS wire format name (per RFC 1035) in a bindata structure that
will be converted to/from an fqdn.  In getdns_convert_fqdn_to_dns_name storage is
allocated using the system allocator (malloc) and must be freed by the caller.

.HP 3
.I fqdn_as_string
.RP
a null terminated string to be converted to/from non-compressed DNS wire format name (per RFC 1035).
In getdns_convert_dns_name_to_fqdn storage is
allocated using the system allocator (malloc) and must be freed by the caller.

.HP
.SH "RETURN VALUES"

Upon successful completion the function returns
.B GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD

.SH EXAMPLES

TBD

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libgetdns (3)