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41 .Nd Internet network number manipulation routines
50 .Fn inet_net_ntop "int af" "const void *src" "int bits" "char *dst" "size_t size"
52 .Fn inet_net_pton "int af" "const char *src" "void *dst" "size_t size"
56 function converts an Internet network number from network format (usually a
58 or some other binary form, in network byte order) to CIDR presentation format
59 (suitable for external display purposes).
63 is the number of bits in
65 that are the network number.
68 if a system error occurs (in which case,
70 will have been set), or it returns a pointer to the destination string.
74 function converts a presentation format Internet network number (that is,
75 printable form as held in a character string) to network format (usually a
77 or some other internal binary representation, in network byte order).
78 It returns the number of bits (either computed based on the class, or
79 specified with /CIDR), or \-1 if a failure occurred
85 if the Internet network number was not valid).
87 The currently supported values for
96 is the size of the result buffer
98 .Sh NETWORK NUMBERS (IP VERSION 4)
99 Internet network numbers may be specified in one of the following forms:
100 .Bd -literal -offset indent
108 When four parts are specified, each is interpreted
109 as a byte of data and assigned, from left to right,
110 to the four bytes of an Internet network number.
112 that when an Internet network number is viewed as a 32-bit
113 integer quantity on a system that uses little-endian
114 byte order (such as the
115 .Tn Intel 386 , 486 ,
118 processors) the bytes referred to above appear as
120 That is, little-endian bytes are ordered from right to left.
122 When a three part number is specified, the last
123 part is interpreted as a 16-bit quantity and placed
124 in the rightmost two bytes of the Internet network number.
125 This makes the three part number format convenient
126 for specifying Class B network numbers as
127 .Dq Li 128.net.host .
129 When a two part number is supplied, the last part
130 is interpreted as a 24-bit quantity and placed in
131 the rightmost three bytes of the Internet network number.
132 This makes the two part number format convenient
133 for specifying Class A network numbers as
136 When only one part is given, the value is stored
137 directly in the Internet network number without any byte
140 All numbers supplied as
145 may be decimal, octal, or hexadecimal, as specified
146 in the C language (i.e., a leading 0x or 0X implies
147 hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal;
148 otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal).
150 .\" .Sh NETWORK NUMBERS (IP VERSION 6)
151 .\" XXX - document this!
162 functions appeared in BIND 4.9.4.