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@comment function inet_ntoa

@node inet_ntoa, socket
@findex inet_ntoa

@c This file was originally a Linux man page - see the copyright below. It
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@c Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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@c Modified Sat Jul 24 19:12:00 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
@c Modified Sun Sep  3 20:29:36 1995 by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>

@subheading Syntax

@example
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

char *inet_ntoa (struct in_addr in);
@end example

@subheading Description

The @code{inet_ntoa()} function converts the Internet host address
@var{in} given in network byte order to a string in standard
numbers-and-dots notation.  The string is returned in a statically
allocated buffer, which subsequent calls will overwrite.

The structure @samp{in_addr} is defined in @samp{netinet/in.h} as:

@example
struct in_addr @{
	unsigned long int s_addr;
@}
@end example

Note that on the i80x86 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte
first, whereas the network byte order, as used on the Internet, is
Most Significant Byte first.

@subheading Return Value

@code{inet_ntoa()} returns a pointer to the address in string form.

@subheading Portability

@portability unix98

@subheading Example

@example
@end example