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.