NAME

ntohl − Converts an unsigned 32-bit integer from Internet network byte order to host byte order

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <netinet/in.h>/∗O

unsigned int ntohl (
unsigned int netint) ;

PARAMETERS

netintSpecifies a 32-bit integer in network-byte order. 

DESCRIPTION

The ntohl() (network-to-host long) function converts an unsigned 32-bit integer from Internet network-byte order to host-byte order. 

The Internet network requires address and port reference data in network-byte order (most significant byte leftmost, least significant byte rightmost).  You can use the ntohl() function to convert Internet network address and port data to host byte-ordered integers. 

The ntohl() function is defined as a little-endian function in the netinet/in.h header file for machine environments where network-byte order and host-byte order are not identical. 

RETURN VALUES

The ntohl() function returns a 32-bit integer in host-byte order. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: ntohs(3), htonl(3), htons(3)