nsl {utils} | R Documentation |
Interface to gethostbyname
.
nsl(hostname)
hostname |
the name of the host. |
The IP address, as a character string, or NULL
if the call fails.
This was included as a test of internet connectivity, to fail if
the node running R is not connected. It will also return NULL
if BSD networking is not supported, including the header file
‘arpa/inet.h’.
## Not run: nsl("www.r-project.org")