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@(#)byteorder.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
$FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3,v 1.8 2001/10/01 16:08:55 ru Exp $

.Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt BYTEORDER 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm htonl , .Nm htons , .Nm ntohl , .Nm ntohs .Nd convert values between host and network byte order .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n arpa/inet.h .Ft uint32_t .Fn htonl "uint32_t hostlong" .Ft uint16_t .Fn htons "uint16_t hostshort" .Ft uint32_t .Fn ntohl "uint32_t netlong" .Ft uint16_t .Fn ntohs "uint16_t netshort" .Sh DESCRIPTION These routines convert 16 and 32 bit quantities between network byte order and host byte order. (Network byte order is big endian, or most significant byte first.) On machines which have a byte order which is the same as the network order, routines are defined as null macros.

p These routines are most often used in conjunction with Internet addresses and ports as returned by .Xr gethostbyname 3 and .Xr getservent 3 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gethostbyname 3 , .Xr getservent 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm byteorder functions are expected to conform with IEEE Std POSIX.1-200x

q Dq POSIX.1 . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm byteorder functions appeared in x 4.2 . .Sh BUGS On the .Tn VAX bytes are handled backwards from most everyone else in the world. This is not expected to be fixed in the near future.