Query: htons
OS: opensolaris
Section: 3xnet
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htonl(3XNET) X/Open Networking Services Library Functions htonl(3XNET)NAMEhtonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs - convert values between host and network byte orderSYNOPSIScc [ flag ... ] file ... -lxnet [ library ... ] #include <arpa/inet.h> uint32_t htonl(uint32_t hostlong); uint16_t htons(uint16_t hostshort); uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t netlong); uint16_t ntohs(uint16_t netshort);DESCRIPTIONThese functions convert 16-bit and 32-bit quantities between network byte order and host byte order. The uint32_t and uint16_t types are made available by inclusion of <inttypes.h>.USAGEThese functions are most often used in conjunction with Internet addresses and ports as returned by gethostent(3XNET) and getser- vent(3XNET). On some architectures these functions are defined as macros that expand to the value of their argument.RETURN VALUESThe htonl() and htons() functions return the argument value converted from host to network byte order. The ntohl() and ntohs() functions return the argument value converted from network to host byte order.ERRORSNo errors are defined.ATTRIBUTESSee attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+SEE ALSOendhostent(3XNET), endservent(3XNET), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 10 Jun 2002 htonl(3XNET)