osf1 man page for ntohl

ntohl(9r)																 ntohl(9r)

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

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/param.h>

       unsigned int ntohl(
	       unsigned int longword ); unsigned short ntohs(
	       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  ntohl  routine  converts  the  specified longword value from network-to-host byte order. The ntohs routine converts the specified word
       value from network-to-host 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 ntohl routine returns the converted longword value in host byte order. Similarly, upon successful comple-
       tion, the ntohs routine returns the converted word value in host byte order.

SEE ALSO
       Routines: htonl(9r)

																	 ntohl(9r)