BYTEORDER(3) | Library Functions Manual | BYTEORDER(3) |
htonl
, htons
,
ntohl
, ntohs
—
#include <arpa/inet.h>
uint32_t
htonl
(uint32_t
host32);
uint16_t
htons
(uint16_t
host16);
uint32_t
ntohl
(uint32_t
net32);
uint16_t
ntohs
(uint16_t
net16);
On machines which have a byte order which is the same as the network order, these routines are defined as macros that expand to the value of their argument.
These routines are most often used in conjunction with Internet addresses and ports as returned by gethostbyname(3) and getservent(3).
byteorder
functions appeared in
4.2BSD.
May 3, 2011 | NetBSD 9.0 |