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1 perry 1 BYTEORDER
2 !!!BYTEORDER
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 CONFORMING TO
7 SEE ALSO
8 ----
9 !!NAME
10
11
12 htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs - convert values between host and network byte order
13 !!SYNOPSIS
14
15
16 __#include
17 __ ''hostlong''__);
18 unsigned short int htons(unsigned short int__ ''hostshort''__);
19 unsigned long int ntohl(unsigned long int__ ''netlong''__);
20 unsigned short int ntohs(unsigned short int__ ''netshort''__);
21 __
22 !!DESCRIPTION
23
24
25 The __htonl()__ function converts the long integer
26 ''hostlong'' from host byte order to network byte
27 order.
28
29
30 The __htons()__ function converts the short integer
31 ''hostshort'' from host byte order to network byte
32 order.
33
34
35 The __ntohl()__ function converts the long integer
36 ''netlong'' from network byte order to host byte
37 order.
38
39
40 The __ntohs()__ function converts the short integer
41 ''netshort'' from network byte order to host byte
42 order.
43
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45 On the i80x86 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte
46 first, whereas the network byte order, as used on the
47 Internet, is Most Significant Byte first.
48 !!CONFORMING TO
49
50
51 BSD 4.3
52 !!SEE ALSO
53
54
55 gethostbyname(3), getservent(3)
56 ----
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