virgil - pose question to name resolver .EX include "security.m"; virgil := load Virgil Virgil->PATH; virgil: fn(args: list of string): string; Virgil provides a client side interface for interactions with the name resolution service virgild (8).

Args is a command line of the form:

virgil " [" -v address ] [ name ]

Name is the host name to be resolved to a network address. Normally the request is broadcast to any and all virgild servers on the network, which virgil expects to find on UDP/IP port 2202. The -v option instead directs the request to the given numeric IP address .

Virgil waits up to 5 seconds for a reply, retransmitting the request once a second. It accepts and returns the first answer it receives.

/appl/lib/virgil.b dial (2), cs (8), register (8), virgild (8) Virgil returns .L nil for invalid arguments and if the name was not resolved. The virgild port is hard coded.