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36 .Nd Internet network number manipulation routines
44 .Fn inet_net_ntop "int af" "const void *src" "int bits" "char *dst" "size_t size"
46 .Fn inet_net_pton "int af" "const char *src" "void *dst" "size_t size"
50 function converts an Internet network number from network format (usually a
52 or some other binary form, in network byte order) to CIDR presentation format
53 (suitable for external display purposes).
55 is the number of bits in
57 that are the network number.
58 It returns NULL if a system error occurs (in which case,
60 will have been set), or it returns a pointer to the destination string.
64 function converts a presentation format Internet network number (that is,
65 printable form as held in a character string) to network format (usually a
67 or some other internal binary representation, in network byte order).
68 It returns the number of bits (either computed based on the class, or
69 specified with /CIDR), or -1 if a failure occurred
75 if the Internet network number was not valid).
77 The currently supported values for
84 is the size of the result buffer
86 .Sh NETWORK NUMBERS (IP VERSION 4)
87 Internet network numbers may be specified in one of the following forms:
88 .Bd -literal -offset indent
96 When four parts are specified, each is interpreted
97 as a byte of data and assigned, from left to right,
98 to the four bytes of an Internet network number. Note
99 that when an Internet network number is viewed as a 32-bit
100 integer quantity on a system that uses little-endian
101 byte order (such as the
105 processors) the bytes referred to above appear as
107 That is, little-endian bytes are ordered from right to left.
109 When a three part number is specified, the last
110 part is interpreted as a 16-bit quantity and placed
111 in the right-most two bytes of the Internet network number.
112 This makes the three part number format convenient
113 for specifying Class B network numbers as
114 .Dq Li 128.net.host .
116 When a two part number is supplied, the last part
117 is interpreted as a 24-bit quantity and placed in
118 the right most three bytes of the Internet network number.
119 This makes the two part number format convenient
120 for specifying Class A network numbers as
123 When only one part is given, the value is stored
124 directly in the Internet network number without any byte
127 All numbers supplied as
132 may be decimal, octal, or hexadecimal, as specified
133 in the C language (i.e., a leading 0x or 0X implies
134 hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal;
135 otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal).
137 .\" .Sh NETWORK NUMBERS (IP VERSION 6)
138 .\" XXX - document this!
149 functions appeared in BIND 4.9.4 and thence