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30 .\" @(#)byteorder.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
40 .Nd convert values between host and network byte order
46 .Fn htonl "uint32_t host32"
48 .Fn htons "uint16_t host16"
50 .Fn ntohl "uint32_t net32"
52 .Fn ntohs "uint16_t net16"
54 These routines convert 16 and 32 bit quantities between network
55 byte order and host byte order.
57 On machines which have a byte order which is the same as the network
58 order, these routines are defined as macros that expand to the value of
61 These routines are most often used in conjunction with Internet
62 addresses and ports as returned by
71 The described functions conform to
79 The `l' and `s' suffixes in the names are not meaningful in machines
80 where long integers are not 32 bits.