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1.\" $NetBSD: byteorder.3,v 1.3 1995/02/25 06:20:27 cgd Exp $
2.\"
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34.\" @(#)byteorder.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
35.\"
36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt BYTEORDER 3
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm htonl ,
41.Nm htons ,
42.Nm ntohl ,
43.Nm ntohs
44.Nd convert values between host and network byte order
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
47.Ft u_long
48.Fn htonl "u_long hostlong"
49.Ft u_short
50.Fn htons "u_short hostshort"
51.Ft u_long
52.Fn ntohl "u_long netlong"
53.Ft u_short
54.Fn ntohs "u_short netshort"
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56These routines convert 16 and 32 bit quantities between network
57byte order and host byte order.
58On machines which have a byte order which is the same as the network
59order, routines are defined as null macros.
60.Pp
61These routines are most often used in conjunction with Internet
62addresses and ports as returned by
63.Xr gethostbyname 3
64and
65.Xr getservent 3 .
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
68.Xr getservent 3
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Nm byteorder
72functions appeared in
73.Bx 4.2 .
74.Sh BUGS
75On the
76.Tn VAX
77bytes are handled backwards from most everyone else in
78the world. This is not expected to be fixed in the near future.