inet_ntoa(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      inet_ntoa(3)

NAME

       inet_ntoa - Translates an Internet address into a dot-formatted character string

LIBRARY

       Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <arpa/inet.h>
       char *inet_ntoa(      struct in_addr net_addr );

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       inet_ntoa():  XNS4.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS

       Defines an Internet network byte-ordered address to be converted to an equivalent character string.

DESCRIPTION

       The inet_ntoa() function translates an Internet network byte-ordered address into a dot-formatted character string.

NOTES

       [Tru64  UNIX]  For  inet_ntoa(),  a return value points to thread-specific data, which is overwritten by any subsequent calls from the same
       thread.

RETURN VALUES

       The inet_ntoa() function returns a pointer to a dot-formatted Internet character string network address.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: inet_addr(3), inet_lnaof(3), inet_makeaddr(3), inet_netof(3), inet_network(3)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

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