NAME

       fmt_ip6_flat - write a formatted ASCII representation of an IPv6 number

SYNTAX

       #include <ip6.h>

       unsigned int fmt_ip6_flat(char *dest,const char ip[16]);

DESCRIPTION

       fmt_ip6_flat  formats an IPv6 number in a flat ASCII representation from ip and writes the
       result into dest. It returns the number of bytes written (always 32).

       This representation does not contain colons and is meant to  be  easily  machine-readable.
       Use  fmt_ip6  for the normal (standard) representation.  This function is meant for places
       which use colons to separate fields and thus have problems interpreting the standard  IPv6
       notation.

       If  dest  equals FMT_LEN (i.e. is zero), fmt_ip6_flat returns the number of bytes it would
       have written.

       fmt_ip6_flat does not append \0.

       For convenience, ip6.h defines the integer IP6_FMT to  be  big  enough  to  contain  every
       possible fmt_ip6_flat output plus \0.

EXAMPLE

       #include <ip6.h>

         char buf[IP6_FMT];
         char ip[16];
         buf[fmt_ip6_flat(buf,ip)]=0;

SEE ALSO

       scan_ip6_flat(3), fmt_ip6(3)

                                                                                  fmt_ip6_flat(3)