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byteorder(3n)							 byteorder(3n)

Name
       htonl,  htons,  ntohl,  ntohs - convert values between host and network
       byte order

Syntax
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <netinet/in.h>

       netlong = htonl(hostlong);
       u_long netlong, hostlong;

       netshort = htons(hostshort);
       u_short netshort, hostshort;

       hostlong = ntohl(netlong);
       u_long hostlong, netlong;

       hostshort = ntohs(netshort);
       u_short hostshort, netshort;

Description
       These routines convert 16-bit and  32-bit  quantities  between  network
       byte order and host byte order.	On some non-ULTRIX machines these rou‐
       tines are defined as null macros in the include file <netinet/in.h>.

       These routines are most often used with Internet addresses and ports as
       returned by and

Restrictions
       Digital's  systems  handle bytes in the reverse of most UNIX-based sys‐
       tems.

See Also
       gethostent(3n), getservent(3n)

								 byteorder(3n)
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