Thread: inet_addr & gethostbyaddr()

I am new. Hello!

I am trying to load in a text file that has IP addresses on each line. This should return to the screen the reverse lookup on each address.

What am I doing wrong? It compiles fine, but when I run it, it tells me the first address could not resolve, and then the second address shows "Host: " then hangs and gives a Windows error.

The IP's in question are ->

69.31.48.25
139.146.133.180

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <winsock.h>
#include <fstream>

int main()
{
  using namespace std;
  WSAData wData;

  if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wData) == SOCKET_ERROR)
  {
    cout << "Winsock init error\n";
    return 1;
  }

  hostent *h = NULL;
  const char *ip;
  string line;

  ifstream myfile("text.txt");
	  if (myfile.is_open())
	  {
	      while (! myfile.eof() )
	      {
		getline (myfile,line);
		ip = line.c_str();
                unsigned int addr;
                addr = inet_addr(ip);
        
                h = gethostbyaddr(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&addr), 4, AF_INET);
                if (h == NULL)
                {
                 cout << "Could not resolve address" << endl;
                 //return 1;
                }
                cout << "Host: " << h->h_name << endl;		  
             }
          }


  return 0;
}

Code:

                h = gethostbyaddr(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&addr), 4, AF_INET);
                if (h == NULL)
                {
                 cout << "Could not resolve address" << endl;
                 //return 1;
                }
                cout << "Host: " << h->h_name << endl;

I think what actually happens is that gethostbyaddr fails, and then you say you couldn't resolve it, and then continue to try to dereference the null pointer and print the name afterwards (because that return 1 is commented out). Try to handle the error in a different way (also make sure to use wsagetlasterror and wsacleanup)