1arpa_inet.h(0P) POSIX Programmer's Manual arpa_inet.h(0P)
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13 arpa/inet.h — definitions for internet operations
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16 #include <arpa/inet.h>
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19 The <arpa/inet.h> header shall define the in_port_t and in_addr_t types
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22 The <arpa/inet.h> header shall define the in_addr structure as
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25 The <arpa/inet.h> header shall define the INET_ADDRSTRLEN and
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28 The following shall be declared as functions, or defined as macros, or
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31 uint32_t htonl(uint32_t);
32 uint16_t htons(uint16_t);
33 uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t);
34 uint16_t ntohs(uint16_t);
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36 The <arpa/inet.h> header shall define the uint32_t and uint16_t types
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42 in_addr_t inet_addr(const char *);
43 char *inet_ntoa(struct in_addr);
44 const char *inet_ntop(int, const void *restrict, char *restrict,
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46 int inet_pton(int, const char *restrict, void *restrict);
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65 The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2008, htonl(), inet_addr(),
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70 from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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