1fmt_ip6(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 fmt_ip6(3)
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NAME

6       fmt_ip6 - write a formatted ASCII representation of an IPv6 number
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SYNTAX

9       #include <ip6.h>
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11       unsigned int fmt_ip6(char *dest,const char ip[16]);
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DESCRIPTION

14       fmt_ip6  formats  an  IPv6  number  in ASCII representation from ip and
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17       fmt_ip6 will apply "::" compression to the output.
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19       If ip is an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address, fmt_ip6 will output  the  last  4
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22       If  dest  equals  FMT_LEN (i.e. is zero), fmt_ip6 returns the number of
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25       fmt_ip6 does not append \0.
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27       For convenience, ip6.h defines the integer IP6_FMT to be big enough  to
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EXAMPLE

31       #include <ip6.h>
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33         char buf[IP6_FMT];
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35         buf[fmt_ip6(buf,ip)]=0;
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SEE ALSO

38       fmt_ip6c(3), fmt_ip6if(3), scan_ip6(3), fmt_ip4(3), inet_ntop(3)
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