htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs - convert values between host and network byte order
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ htonl(), htons(), ntohl(), ntohs() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Description
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.
History
POSIX.1-2001.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs - convert values between host and network byte order
See Also
bswap(3), endian(3), gethostbyname(3), getservent(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 BYTEORDER(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<arpa/inet.h>uint32_thtonl(uint32_thostlong);uint16_thtons(uint16_thostshort);uint32_tntohl(uint32_tnetlong);uint16_tntohs(uint16_tnetshort);