NAME

inet_ntoa - Translates an Internet address into a dot-formatted character string

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <arpa/inet.h> char ∗inet_ntoa(
struct in_addr net_addr );

STANDARDS

Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

inet_ntoa():  XPG4−UNIX

Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. 

PARAMETERS

net_addrDefines an Internet network byte-ordered address to be converted to an equivalent character string. 

DESCRIPTION

The inet_ntoa() function translates an Internet network byte-ordered address into a dot-formatted character string. 

NOTES

[Digital]  For inet_ntoa(), a return value points to thread-specific data, which is overwritten by any subsequent calls from the same thread. 

RETURN VALUES

The inet_ntoa() function returns a pointer to a dot-formatted Internet character string network address. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: inet_addr(3), inet_lnaof(3), inet_makeaddr(3), inet_netof(3), inet_network(3)

Standards: standards(5)