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6575N/A><H1
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6575N/ANAME="AEN1"
6575N/A>lwres_inetntop</A
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6575N/A><A
6575N/ANAME="AEN8"
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6575N/A><H2
6575N/A>Name</H2
6575N/A>lwres_net_ntop&nbsp;--&nbsp;lightweight resolver IP address presentation</DIV
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6575N/ANAME="AEN11"
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6575N/A><H2
6575N/A>Synopsis</H2
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6575N/ACLASS="FUNCSYNOPSIS"
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6575N/ANAME="AEN12"
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6575N/A><PRE
6575N/ACLASS="FUNCSYNOPSISINFO"
6575N/A>#include &lt;lwres/net.h&gt;</PRE
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>const char *
lwres_net_ntop</CODE
>(int af, const void *src, char *dst, size_t size);</CODE
></P
><P
></P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN21"
></A
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_net_ntop()</TT
> converts an IP address of
protocol family <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>af</I
></TT
> &mdash; IPv4 or IPv6 &mdash;
at location <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>src</I
></TT
> from network format to its
conventional representation as a string. For IPv4 addresses, that
string would be a dotted-decimal. An IPv6 address would be
represented in colon notation as described in RFC1884.</P
><P
>The generated string is copied to <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>dst</I
></TT
> provided
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>size</I
></TT
> indicates it is long enough to store the
ASCII representation of the address.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN30"
></A
><H2
>RETURN VALUES</H2
><P
>If successful, the function returns <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>dst</I
></TT
>:
a pointer to a string containing the presentation format of the
address. <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_net_ntop()</TT
> returns
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>NULL</SPAN
> and sets the global variable
<TT
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>errno</TT
> to <SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>EAFNOSUPPORT</SPAN
> if
the protocol family given in <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>af</I
></TT
> is not
supported.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN39"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><P
><SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>RFC1884</SPAN
></SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>inet_ntop</SPAN
>(3)</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>errno</SPAN
>(3)</SPAN
>.</P
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