>Remarks >The gethostbyname function returns a pointer to a hostent structure-a structure allocated by >Windows Sockets. The hostent structure contains the results of a successful search for the >host specified in the name parameter. >The application must never attempt to modify this structure or to free any of its components. >Furthermore, only one copy of this structure is allocated per thread, so the application should ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > copy any information it needs before issuing any other Windows Sockets function calls.
