BYTEORDER(3) Library Functions Manual BYTEORDER(3)
NAME
htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs - convert values between host and network
byte order
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
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
The htonl() function converts the unsigned integer hostlong from host
byte order to network byte order.
The htons() function converts the unsigned short integer hostshort from
host byte order to network byte order.
The ntohl() function converts the unsigned integer netlong from network
byte order to host byte order.
The ntohs() function converts the unsigned short integer netshort from
network byte order to host byte order.
On the i386 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte first, whereas
the network byte order, as used on the Internet, is Most Significant
Byte first.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ htonl(), htons(), ntohl(), ntohs() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
bswap(3), endian(3), gethostbyname(3), getservent(3)
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