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33 .\" @(#)linkaddr.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 7/28/93
41 .Nd elementary address specification routines for link level access
49 .Fn link_addr "const char *addr" "struct sockaddr_dl *sdl"
51 .Fn link_ntoa "const struct sockaddr_dl *sdl"
55 interprets character strings representing link-level addresses,
56 returning binary information suitable for use in system calls.
59 takes a link-level address and returns an
61 string representing some of the information present, including the
62 link level address itself, and the interface name or number, if present.
63 This facility is experimental and is still subject to change.
68 must be initialized to the size of the link-level socket structure,
70 .Fa sizeof(struct sockaddr_dl) .
77 an optional network interface identifier of the form
78 .Dq "name unit-number" ,
79 suitable for the first argument to
81 followed in all cases by a colon and
82 an interface address in the form of
83 groups of hexadecimal digits
85 Each group represents a byte of address;
86 address bytes are filled left to right from
87 low order bytes through high order bytes.
89 .\" A regular expression may make this format clearer:
90 .\" .Bd -literal -offset indent
91 .\" ([a-z]+[0-9]+:)?[0-9a-f]+(\e.[0-9a-f]+)*
96 represents an ethernet address
97 to be transmitted on the first Lance ethernet interface.
100 always returns a null terminated string.
102 has no return value (See
112 functions appeared in
115 The returned values for
117 reside in a static memory area.
121 should diagnose improperly formed input, and there should be an unambiguous
122 way to recognize this.
126 field of the link socket address
130 will not insert a colon before the interface address bytes.
131 If this translated address is given to
133 without inserting an initial colon,
134 the latter will not interpret it correctly.