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inet_ntoa(3)
NAME
  inet_ntoa - Translates an Internet address into a dot-formatted character
  string

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <arpa/inet.h>
  char *inet_ntoa(
	  struct in_addr net_addr );

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  inet_ntoa():	XPG4-UNIX

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
  net_addr  Defines an Internet network byte-ordered address to be converted
	    to an equivalent character string.

DESCRIPTION
  The inet_ntoa() function translates an Internet network byte-ordered
  address into a dot-formatted character string.

NOTES
  [Digital]  For inet_ntoa(), a return value points to thread-specific data,
  which is overwritten by any subsequent calls from the same thread.

RETURN VALUES
  The inet_ntoa() function returns a pointer to a dot-formatted Internet
  character string network address.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Functions: inet_addr(3), inet_lnaof(3), inet_makeaddr(3), inet_netof(3),
  inet_network(3)

  Standards: standards(5)