Converts a null-terminated text string representing an IP address
into a network address in local host format.
Format
#include <in.h>
#include <inet.h>
int inet_network ( const char *cp );
1 – Argument
cp
A pointer to an ASCII (null-terminated) character string
containing a network address in the dotted-decimal format.
2 – Description
This function returns an internet network address as a local
host integer value when an ASCII string representing the address
in the internet standard dotted-decimal format is given as its
argument.
NOTE
The 64-bit return from OpenVMS Alpha and I64 systems has
zero-extended bits in the high 32 bits of R0.
3 – Return Values
-1 Indicates that cp does not point to a proper
internet network address.
x An internet network address, in local host
order.