osf1 man page for inet_ntop

inet_ntop(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      inet_ntop(3)

NAME
       inet_ntop - Converts a numeric address to a text string

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

SYNOPSIS
       #include <arpa/inet.h>

       const char *inet_ntop (	    int af,	 const void *src,      char *dst,      size_t size) ;

PARAMETERS
       Specifies the address family.  Valid values are AF_INET for an Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) address and AF_INET6 for an IPv6 address.
       Points to a buffer that contains the numeric Internet address.  Points to a buffer that is to contain the text string.  Specifies the  size
       of the buffer pointed to by the dst parameter.  For Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) addresses, the minimum buffer size is 16 octets. For
       IPv6 addresses, the minimum buffer size is 46 octets.  The <netinet/in.h file defines the INET_ADDRSTRLEN and  INET6_ADDRSTRLEN	constants,
       respectively, for for these values.

DESCRIPTION
       The use of this routine is deprecated.  Use the getnameinfo(3) routine instead.

       The inet_ntop() function converts a binary Internet address value to a formatted text string.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful conversion, the inet_ntop() function returns a pointer to the buffer containing the text string.  If the function fails, it
       returns a NULL pointer.

ERRORS
       If the inet_ntop() routine call fails, errno is set to one of the following values:  The  address  family  specified  in  af  parameter	is
       invalid.  The size of the buffer is inadequate.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions: getnamerinfo(3), inet_pton(3).  delim off

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