1INET_NTOP(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual INET_NTOP(3P)
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13 inet_ntop, inet_pton — convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses between binary
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17 #include <arpa/inet.h>
18 const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *restrict src,
20 char *restrict dst, socklen_t size);
21 int inet_pton(int af, const char *restrict src, void *restrict dst);
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24 The inet_ntop() function shall convert a numeric address into a text
25 string suitable for presentation. The af argument shall specify the
26 family of the address. This can be AF_INET or AF_INET6. The src argu‐
27 ment points to a buffer holding an IPv4 address if the af argument is
28 AF_INET, or an IPv6 address if the af argument is AF_INET6; the address
29 must be in network byte order. The dst argument points to a buffer
30 where the function stores the resulting text string; it shall not be
31 NULL. The size argument specifies the size of this buffer, which shall
32 be large enough to hold the text string (INET_ADDRSTRLEN characters for
33 IPv4, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN characters for IPv6).
34 The inet_pton() function shall convert an address in its standard text
36 presentation form into its numeric binary form. The af argument shall
37 specify the family of the address. The AF_INET and AF_INET6 address
38 families shall be supported. The src argument points to the string
39 being passed in. The dst argument points to a buffer into which the
40 function stores the numeric address; this shall be large enough to hold
41 the numeric address (32 bits for AF_INET, 128 bits for AF_INET6).
42 If the af argument of inet_pton() is AF_INET, the src string shall be
44 in the standard IPv4 dotted-decimal form:
45 ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd
47 where "ddd" is a one to three digit decimal number between 0 and 255
49 (see inet_addr()). The inet_pton() function does not accept other for‐
50 mats (such as the octal numbers, hexadecimal numbers, and fewer than
51 four numbers that inet_addr() accepts).
52 If the af argument of inet_pton() is AF_INET6, the src string shall be
54 in one of the following standard IPv6 text forms:
55 1. The preferred form is "x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x", where the 'x's are the
57 hexadecimal values of the eight 16-bit pieces of the address.
58 Leading zeros in individual fields can be omitted, but there shall
59 be at least one numeral in every field.
60 2. A string of contiguous zero fields in the preferred form can be
62 shown as "::". The "::" can only appear once in an address.
63 Unspecified addresses ("0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0") may be represented simply
64 as "::".
65 3. A third form that is sometimes more convenient when dealing with a
67 mixed environment of IPv4 and IPv6 nodes is "x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d",
68 where the 'x's are the hexadecimal values of the six high-order
69 16-bit pieces of the address, and the 'd's are the decimal values
70 of the four low-order 8-bit pieces of the address (standard IPv4
71 representation).
72 Note: A more extensive description of the standard representations
74 of IPv6 addresses can be found in RFC 2373.
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77 The inet_ntop() function shall return a pointer to the buffer contain‐
78 ing the text string if the conversion succeeds, and NULL otherwise, and
79 set errno to indicate the error.
80 The inet_pton() function shall return 1 if the conversion succeeds,
82 with the address pointed to by dst in network byte order. It shall
83 return 0 if the input is not a valid IPv4 dotted-decimal string or a
84 valid IPv6 address string, or −1 with errno set to [EAFNOSUPPORT] if
85 the af argument is unknown.
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88 The inet_ntop() and inet_pton() functions shall fail if:
89 EAFNOSUPPORT
91 The af argument is invalid.
92 ENOSPC The size of the inet_ntop() result buffer is inadequate.
94 The following sections are informative.
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110 The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <arpa_inet.h>
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113 Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
114 from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
115 -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
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