osf1 man page for htons

htonl(9r)																 htonl(9r)

NAME
       htonl, htons - General: Convert word and longword values from host-to-network byte order

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/param.h>

       unsigned int htonl(
	       unsigned int longword ); unsigned short htons(
	       unsigned short word );

ARGUMENTS
       Specifies a 32-bit value to be conditionally byte swapped.  Specifies a 16-bit value to be conditionally byte swapped.

DESCRIPTION
       The  htonl  routine  converts  the  specified longword value from host-to-network byte order. The htons routine converts the specified word
       value from host-to-network byte order.

       The TCP/IP protocols specify the canonical network byte order, which is big endian (meaning that the most significant byte is  leftmost	in
       memory).

RETURN VALUES
       Upon  successful  completion, the htonl routine returns the converted longword value in network byte order. Similarly, upon successful com-
       pletion, the htons routine converts the specified word value in network byte order.

SEE ALSO
       Routines: ntohl(9r)

																	 htonl(9r)