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7.9 KiB
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304 lines
7.9 KiB
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.\" From: @(#)inet.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 14, 2004
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.Dt INET 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm inet_aton ,
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.Nm inet_addr ,
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.Nm inet_network ,
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.Nm inet_ntoa ,
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.Nm inet_ntop ,
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.Nm inet_pton ,
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.Nm inet_makeaddr ,
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.Nm inet_lnaof ,
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.Nm inet_netof
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.Nd Internet address manipulation routines
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In sys/socket.h
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.In netinet/in.h
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.In arpa/inet.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn inet_aton "const char *cp" "struct in_addr *pin"
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.Ft in_addr_t
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.Fn inet_addr "const char *cp"
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.Ft in_addr_t
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.Fn inet_network "const char *cp"
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.Ft char *
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.Fn inet_ntoa "struct in_addr in"
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.Ft const char *
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.Fo inet_ntop
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.Fa "int af"
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.Fa "const void * restrict src"
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.Fa "char * restrict dst"
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.Fa "socklen_t size"
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.Fc
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.Ft int
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.Fn inet_pton "int af" "const char * restrict src" "void * restrict dst"
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.Ft struct in_addr
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.Fn inet_makeaddr "in_addr_t net" "in_addr_t lna"
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.Ft in_addr_t
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.Fn inet_lnaof "struct in_addr in"
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.Ft in_addr_t
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.Fn inet_netof "struct in_addr in"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The routines
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.Fn inet_aton ,
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.Fn inet_addr
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and
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.Fn inet_network
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interpret character strings representing
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numbers expressed in the Internet standard
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.Ql .\&
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notation.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn inet_pton
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function converts a presentation format address (that is, printable form
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as held in a character string) to network format (usually a
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.Ft struct in_addr
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or some other internal binary representation, in network byte order).
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It returns 1 if the address was valid for the specified address family, or
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0 if the address was not parseable in the specified address family, or -1
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if some system error occurred (in which case
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.Va errno
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will have been set).
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This function is presently valid for
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.Dv AF_INET
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and
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.Dv AF_INET6 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn inet_aton
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routine interprets the specified character string as an Internet address,
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placing the address into the structure provided.
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It returns 1 if the string was successfully interpreted,
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or 0 if the string is invalid.
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The
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.Fn inet_addr
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and
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.Fn inet_network
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functions return numbers suitable for use
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as Internet addresses and Internet network
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numbers, respectively.
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn inet_ntop
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converts an address
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.Fa *src
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from network format
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(usually a
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.Ft struct in_addr
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or some other binary form, in network byte order) to presentation format
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(suitable for external display purposes).
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The
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.Fa size
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argument specifies the size, in bytes, of the buffer
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.Fa *dst .
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It returns NULL if a system error occurs (in which case,
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.Va errno
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will have been set), or it returns a pointer to the destination string.
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This function is presently valid for
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.Dv AF_INET
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and
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.Dv AF_INET6 .
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.Pp
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The routine
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.Fn inet_ntoa
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takes an Internet address and returns an
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.Tn ASCII
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string representing the address in
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.Ql .\&
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notation.
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The routine
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.Fn inet_makeaddr
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takes an Internet network number and a local
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network address and constructs an Internet address
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from it.
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The routines
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.Fn inet_netof
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and
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.Fn inet_lnaof
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break apart Internet host addresses, returning
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the network number and local network address part,
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respectively.
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.Pp
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All Internet addresses are returned in network
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order (bytes ordered from left to right).
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All network numbers and local address parts are
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returned as machine byte order integer values.
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.Sh INTERNET ADDRESSES
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Values specified using the
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.Ql .\&
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notation take one
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of the following forms:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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a.b.c.d
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a.b.c
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a.b
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a
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.Ed
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.Pp
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When four parts are specified, each is interpreted
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as a byte of data and assigned, from left to right,
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to the four bytes of an Internet address.
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Note
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that when an Internet address is viewed as a 32-bit
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integer quantity on the
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.Tn VAX
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the bytes referred to
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above appear as
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.Dq Li d.c.b.a .
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That is,
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.Tn VAX
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bytes are
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ordered from right to left.
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.Pp
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When a three part address is specified, the last
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part is interpreted as a 16-bit quantity and placed
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in the right-most two bytes of the network address.
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This makes the three part address format convenient
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for specifying Class B network addresses as
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.Dq Li 128.net.host .
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.Pp
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When a two part address is supplied, the last part
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is interpreted as a 24-bit quantity and placed in
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the right most three bytes of the network address.
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This makes the two part address format convenient
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for specifying Class A network addresses as
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.Dq Li net.host .
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.Pp
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When only one part is given, the value is stored
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directly in the network address without any byte
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rearrangement.
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.Pp
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All numbers supplied as
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.Dq parts
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in a
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.Ql .\&
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notation
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may be decimal, octal, or hexadecimal, as specified
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in the C language (i.e., a leading 0x or 0X implies
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hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal;
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otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal).
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn inet_aton
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and
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.Fn inet_ntoa
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functions are semi-deprecated in favor of the
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.Xr addr2ascii 3
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family.
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However, since those functions are not yet widely implemented,
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portable programs cannot rely on their presence and will continue
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to use the
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.Xr inet 3
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functions for some time.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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The constant
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.Dv INADDR_NONE
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is returned by
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.Fn inet_addr
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and
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.Fn inet_network
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for malformed requests.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn inet_ntop
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call fails if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENOSPC
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.Fa size
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was not large enough to store the presentation form of the address.
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.It Bq Er EAFNOSUPPORT
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.Fa *src
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was not an
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.Dv AF_INET
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or
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.Dv AF_INET6
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family address.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr addr2ascii 3 ,
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.Xr byteorder 3 ,
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.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
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.Xr getnetent 3 ,
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.Xr inet_net 3 ,
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.Xr hosts 5 ,
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.Xr networks 5
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.Rs
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.%R RFC
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.%N 2373
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.%D July 1998
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.%T "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture"
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.Re
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn inet_ntop
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and
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.Fn inet_pton
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functions conform to
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.St -xns5.2 .
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Note that
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.Fn inet_pton
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does not accept 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts
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must be specified and are interpreted only as decimal values.
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This is a narrower input set than that accepted by
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.Fn inet_aton .
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.Sh HISTORY
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These
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functions appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The value
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.Dv INADDR_NONE
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(0xffffffff) is a valid broadcast address, but
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.Fn inet_addr
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cannot return that value without indicating failure.
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The newer
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.Fn inet_aton
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function does not share this problem.
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The problem of host byte ordering versus network byte ordering is
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confusing.
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The string returned by
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.Fn inet_ntoa
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resides in a static memory area.
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.Pp
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Inet_addr should return a
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.Fa struct in_addr .
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