HTONL
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
htonl,
htons,
ntohl,
ntohs
--- convert values between host and network byte order
SYNOPSIS
#include <arpa/inet.h>
uint32_t htonl(uint32_t hostlong);
uint16_t htons(uint16_t hostshort);
uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t netlong);
uint16_t ntohs(uint16_t netshort);
DESCRIPTION
These functions shall convert 16-bit and 32-bit quantities between
network byte order and host byte order.
On some implementations, these functions are defined as macros.
The
uint32_t
and
uint16_t
types are defined in
<inttypes.h>.
RETURN VALUE
The
htonl()
and
htons()
functions shall return the argument value converted from host to
network byte order.
The
ntohl()
and
ntohs()
functions shall return the argument value converted from network to
host byte order.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
These functions are most often used in conjunction with IPv4 addresses
and ports as returned by
gethostent()
and
getservent().
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
endhostent(),
endservent()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
<arpa_inet.h>,
<inttypes.h>
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
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Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
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