BYTEORDER(3N)BYTEORDER(3N)NAME
htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs - convert values between host and network
byte order
SYNOPSIS
#include <libc.h>
netlong = htonl(hostlong);
u_long netlong, hostlong;
netshort = htons(hostshort);
u_short netshort, hostshort;
hostlong = ntohl(netlong);
u_long hostlong, netlong;
hostshort = ntohs(netshort);
u_short hostshort, netshort;
DESCRIPTION
These routines convert 16 and 32 bit quantities between network byte
order and host byte order. The routines are most often used in
conjunction with Internet addresses and ports as returned by
gethostbyname(3N) and getservent(3N).
SEE ALSOgethostbyname(3N), getservent(3N)4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 15, 1986 BYTEORDER(3N)