PROLOG

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of
       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       #include <arpa/inet.h>

       uint32_t htonl(uint32_t hostlong);
       uint16_t htons(uint16_t hostshort);
       uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t netlong);
       uint16_t ntohs(uint16_t netshort);

DESCRIPTION

       These  functions shall convert 16-bit and 32-bit quantities between network byte order and
       host byte order.

       On some implementations, these functions are defined as macros.

       The uint32_t and uint16_t types are defined in <inttypes.h>.

RETURN VALUE

       The htonl() and htons() functions shall return the argument value converted from  host  to
       network byte order.

       The  ntohl()  and ntohs() functions shall return the argument value converted from network
       to host byte order.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       These functions are most often used in  conjunction  with  IPv4  addresses  and  ports  as
       returned by gethostent() and getservent().

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       endhostent(), endservent()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <arpa_inet.h>, <inttypes.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System
       Interface  (POSIX),  The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc  and  The  Open  Group.   (This  is
       POSIX.1-2008  with  the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open  Group  Standard,  the
       original  IEEE  and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard
       can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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