byteorder(3STDC)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | API RESTRICTIONS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>

unsigned long htonl(unsigned long hostlong);
unsigned short htons(unsigned short hostshort);
unsigned long ntohl(unsigned long netlong);
unsigned short ntohs(unsigned short netshort);

API RESTRICTIONS

The function or functions documented here may not be used safely in all application contexts with all APIs provided in the ChorusOS 5.0 product.

See API(5FEA) for details.

DESCRIPTION

These routines convert 16- and 32-bit quantities between network byte order and host byte order. On architectures where the host byte order and network byte order are the same, these routines are defined as no-op macros.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving

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