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May be a descriptive name or a 53 numeric address string. If an empty string and the passive flag 54 has been specified, the resolved endpoints are suitable for local 55 service binding. If an empty string and passive is not specified, 56 the resolved endpoints will use the loopback address. 57 </p></dd> 58<dt><span class="term">service</span></dt> 59<dd><p> 60 A string identifying the requested service. This may be a descriptive 61 name or a numeric string corresponding to a port number. May be 62 an empty string, in which case all resolved endpoints will have 63 a port number of 0. 64 </p></dd> 65<dt><span class="term">resolve_flags</span></dt> 66<dd><p> 67 A set of flags that determine how name resolution should be performed. 68 The default flags are suitable for communication with remote hosts. 69 See the <a class="link" href="../../ip__resolver_base.html" title="ip::resolver_base"><code class="computeroutput">ip::resolver_base</code></a> 70 documentation for the set of available flags. 71 </p></dd> 72<dt><span class="term">ec</span></dt> 73<dd><p> 74 Set to indicate what error occurred, if any. 75 </p></dd> 76</dl> 77</div> 78<h6> 79<a name="boost_asio.reference.ip__basic_resolver.resolve.overload6.h1"></a> 80 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.ip__basic_resolver.resolve.overload6.return_value"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload6.html#boost_asio.reference.ip__basic_resolver.resolve.overload6.return_value">Return 81 Value</a> 82 </h6> 83<p> 84 A range object representing the list of endpoint entries. An empty range 85 is returned if an error occurs. A successful call to this function is 86 guaranteed to return a non-empty range. 87 </p> 88<h6> 89<a name="boost_asio.reference.ip__basic_resolver.resolve.overload6.h2"></a> 90 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.ip__basic_resolver.resolve.overload6.remarks"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload6.html#boost_asio.reference.ip__basic_resolver.resolve.overload6.remarks">Remarks</a> 91 </h6> 92<p> 93 On POSIX systems, host names may be locally defined in the file <code class="computeroutput">/etc/hosts</code>. 94 On Windows, host names may be defined in the file <code class="computeroutput">c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts</code>. 95 Remote host name resolution is performed using DNS. Operating systems 96 may use additional locations when resolving host names (such as NETBIOS 97 names on Windows). 98 </p> 99<p> 100 On POSIX systems, service names are typically defined in the file <code class="computeroutput">/etc/services</code>. 101 On Windows, service names may be found in the file <code class="computeroutput">c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\services</code>. 102 Operating systems may use additional locations when resolving service 103 names. 104 </p> 105</div> 106<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 107<td align="left"></td> 108<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003-2020 Christopher M. 109 Kohlhoff<p> 110 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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