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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net/inet.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/inet.3 | 26 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 index 69ccf3df9e77..9b822fd6805a 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 @@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" From: @(#)inet.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" .Dd November 9, 2021 .Dt INET 3 .Os @@ -175,10 +173,15 @@ All Internet addresses are returned in network order (bytes ordered from left to right). All network numbers and local address parts are returned as machine byte order integer values. -.Sh INTERNET ADDRESSES -Values specified using the +.Sh INTERNET ADDRESSES (IP VERSION 4) +The +.Fn inet_aton +and +.Fn inet_addr +functions accept IPv4 +values specified using the .Ql .\& -notation take one +notation in one of the following forms: .Bd -literal -offset indent a.b.c.d @@ -212,6 +215,13 @@ may be decimal, octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the C language (i.e., a leading 0x or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal; otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal). +.Pp +Note that +.Fn inet_pton +does not accept 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts +must be specified and are interpreted only as decimal values. +This is a narrower input set than that accepted by +.Fn inet_aton . .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The constant .Dv INADDR_NONE @@ -258,12 +268,6 @@ and .Fn inet_pton functions conform to .St -xns5.2 . -Note that -.Fn inet_pton -does not accept 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts -must be specified and are interpreted only as decimal values. -This is a narrower input set than that accepted by -.Fn inet_aton . .Sh HISTORY These functions appeared in |