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32 .TH BYTEORDER 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
34 htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs \- convert values between host and network
38 .B #include <arpa/inet.h>
40 .BI "uint32_t htonl(uint32_t " hostlong );
41 .BI "uint16_t htons(uint16_t " hostshort );
43 .BI "uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t " netlong );
44 .BI "uint16_t ntohs(uint16_t " netshort );
49 function converts the unsigned integer
51 from host byte order to network byte order.
55 function converts the unsigned short integer
57 from host byte order to network byte order.
61 function converts the unsigned integer
63 from network byte order to host byte order.
67 function converts the unsigned short integer
69 from network byte order to host byte order.
71 On the i386 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte first,
72 whereas the network byte order, as used on the Internet, is Most
73 Significant Byte first.
75 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
83 Interface Attribute Value
89 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
95 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
97 Some systems require the inclusion of
104 .BR gethostbyname (3),