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ethers(3)
NAME
  ethers, ether_ntoa, ether_aton, ether_ntohost, ether_hostton, ether_line -
  Ethernet address mapping operations

SYNOPSIS
  #include <sys/types.h>
  #include <sys/socket.h>
  #include <net/if.h>
  #include <netinet/in.h>
  #include <netinet/if_ether.h>

  char *ether_ntoa(
	  struct ether_addr *e );

  struct ether_addr *ether_aton(
	  char *s );

  ether_ntohost(
	  char *hostname,
	  struct ether_addr *e );

  ether_hostton(
	  char *hostname,
	  struct ether_addr *e );

  ether_line(
	  char *l,
	  struct ether_addr *e,
	  char *hostname );

  Arguments

  The ether_addr structure is defined in <netinet/if_ether.h>

DESCRIPTION
  These routines are useful for mapping 48-bit Ethernet numbers to their
  ASCII representations or their corresponding host names, and vice versa.
  The mapping is obtained from the /etc/ethers database; see ethers(4).

  The function ether_ntoa() converts a 48-bit Ethernet number pointed to by e
  to its standard ACSII representation; it returns a pointer to the ASCII
  string. The representation is of the form:

       x : x : x : x : x : x

  Where x is a hexadecimal number between 0 and ff.

  The function ether_aton() converts an ASCII string in the standard
  representation back to a 48-bit Ethernet number; the function returns NULL
  if the string cannot be scanned successfully.

  The function ether_ntohost() maps an Ethernet number (pointed to by e) to
  its associated hostname.  The string pointed to by hostname must be long
  enough to hold the hostname and a NULL character. The function returns zero
  upon success and nonzero upon failure.

  Inversely, the function ether_hostton() maps a hostname string to its
  corresponding Ethernet number; the function modifies the Ethernet number
  pointed to by e. The function also returns zero upon success and nonzero
  upon failure.

  The function ether_line() scans a line (pointed to by l) and sets the
  hostname and the Ethernet number (pointed to by e). The string pointed to
  by hostname must be long enough to hold the hostname and a NULL character.
  The function returns zero upon success and nonzero upon failure.  The
  format of the scanned line is described by ethers(4).

FILES
  /etc/ethers
      Database that maps Ethernet addresses to hostnames

SEE ALSO
  Commands: rarpd(8)

  Files: packetfilter(7), ethers(4)

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