@node gethostent
@section @code{gethostent}
@findex gethostent

POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/gethostent.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Cygwin, mingw, BeOS.
@end itemize