byteorder(SLIB)

byteorder: htons, htonl, ntohl, ntohs -- convert values between host and network byte order

Syntax

cc ... -lsocket

#include  <sys/types.h>
#include  <netinet/in.h>

u_long
htonl(hostlong);
u_long hostlong;

u_short
htons(hostshort);
u_short hostshort;

u_long
ntohl(netlong);
u_long netlong;

u_short
ntohs(netshort);
u_short netshort;

Description

These routines convert 16 and 32 bit quantities between network byte order and host byte order.

These routines are most often used in conjunction with Internet addresses and ports as returned by gethostbyname(SLIB) and getservent(SLIB).

byteorder(SLIB)

Syntax

Description

See also