The
htonl()
function converts the unsigned integer hostlong
from host byte order to network byte order.
The
htons()
function converts the unsigned short integer hostshort
from host byte order to network byte order.
The
ntohl()
function converts the unsigned integer netlong
from network byte order to host byte order.
The
ntohs()
function converts the unsigned short integer netshort
from network byte order to host byte order.
On the i386 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte first,
whereas the network byte order, as used on the Internet, is Most
Significant Byte first.
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man-pages
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