NAME

       inet_ntop - convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from binary to text form

SYNOPSIS

       #include <arpa/inet.h>

       const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *src,
                             char *dst, socklen_t size);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  converts  the  network  address  structure  src in the af address family into a character
       string.  The resulting string is copied to the buffer pointed  to  by  dst,  which  must  be  a  non-null
       pointer.  The caller specifies the number of bytes available in this buffer in the argument size.

       inet_ntop()  extends  the inet_ntoa(3) function to support multiple address families, inet_ntoa(3) is now
       considered to be deprecated in favor of  inet_ntop().   The  following  address  families  are  currently
       supported:

       AF_INET
              src  points  to  a  struct  in_addr  (in network byte order) which is converted to an IPv4 network
              address in the dotted-decimal  format,  "ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd".   The  buffer  dst  must  be  at  least
              INET_ADDRSTRLEN bytes long.

       AF_INET6
              src  points to a struct in6_addr (in network byte order) which is converted to a representation of
              this address in the most appropriate IPv6 network address format for this address.  The buffer dst
              must be at least INET6_ADDRSTRLEN bytes long.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, inet_ntop() returns a non-null pointer to dst.  NULL is returned if there was an error,  with
       errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       EAFNOSUPPORT
              af was not a valid address family.

       ENOSPC The converted address string would exceed the size given by size.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
       │ Interface   │ Attribute     │ Value          │
       ├─────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
       │ inet_ntop() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
       └─────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2001,  POSIX.1-2008.   Note  that RFC 2553 defines a prototype where the last argument size is of
       type size_t.  Many systems follow RFC 2553.  Glibc 2.0 and 2.1  have  size_t,  but  2.2  and  later  have
       socklen_t.

BUGS

       AF_INET6 converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses into an IPv6 format.

EXAMPLES

       See inet_pton(3).

SEE ALSO

       getnameinfo(3), inet(3), inet_pton(3)

COLOPHON

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Linux                                              2020-06-09                                       INET_NTOP(3)