1BYTEORDER(3)               Linux Programmer's Manual              BYTEORDER(3)
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NAME

6       htonl,  htons,  ntohl,  ntohs - convert values between host and network
7       byte order
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <arpa/inet.h>
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12       uint32_t htonl(uint32_t hostlong);
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14       uint16_t htons(uint16_t hostshort);
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16       uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t netlong);
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18       uint16_t ntohs(uint16_t netshort);
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DESCRIPTION

21       The htonl() function converts the unsigned integer hostlong  from  host
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24       The htons() function converts the unsigned short integer hostshort from
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27       The ntohl() function converts the unsigned integer netlong from network
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30       The  ntohs() function converts the unsigned short integer netshort from
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33       On the i80x86 the host byte order  is  Least  Significant  Byte  first,
34       whereas  the  network byte order, as used on the Internet, is Most Sig‐
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CONFORMING TO

38       POSIX.1-2001.
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40       Some  systems  require  the  inclusion  of  <netinet/in.h>  instead  of
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SEE ALSO

44       gethostbyname(3), getservent(3)
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48BSD                               1993-04-15                      BYTEORDER(3)