inet_ntop(3)

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NAME

6       inet_ntop - convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from binary to text form
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <arpa/inet.h>
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11       const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *src,
12                             char *dst, socklen_t size);
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DESCRIPTION

15       This  function  converts  the  network  address structure src in the af
16       address family into a character string.  The resulting string is copied
17       to the buffer pointed to by dst, which must be a non-NULL pointer.  The
18       caller specifies the number of bytes available in this  buffer  in  the
19       argument size.
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21       inet_ntop()  extends  the  inet_ntoa(3)  function  to  support multiple
22       address families, inet_ntoa(3) is now considered to  be  deprecated  in
23       favor  of  inet_ntop().   The  following address families are currently
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26       AF_INET
27              src points to a struct in_addr (in network byte order) which  is
28              converted  to an IPv4 network address in the dotted-decimal for‐
29              mat,  "ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd".   The  buffer  dst  must  be  at  least
30              INET_ADDRSTRLEN bytes long.
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33              src points to a struct in6_addr (in network byte order) which is
34              converted to a representation of this address in the most appro‐
35              priate IPv6 network address format for this address.  The buffer
36              dst must be at least INET6_ADDRSTRLEN bytes long.
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RETURN VALUE

39       On success, inet_ntop() returns a non-null pointer  to  dst.   NULL  is
40       returned if there was an error, with errno set to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

43       EAFNOSUPPORT
44              af was not a valid address family.
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46       ENOSPC The  converted  address  string  would  exceed the size given by
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CONFORMING TO

50       POSIX.1-2001.  Note that RFC 2553 defines a prototype  where  the  last
51       argument  size is of type size_t.  Many systems follow RFC 2553.  Glibc
52       2.0 and 2.1 have size_t, but 2.2 and later have socklen_t.
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BUGS

55       AF_INET6 converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses into an IPv6 format.
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EXAMPLE

58       See inet_pton(3).
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COLOPHON

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65       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
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