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ntohs

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NAME

ntohs - Converts an unsigned short (16-bit) integer from Internet network-byte order to host-byte order  

LIBRARY

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

SYNOPSIS

#include <arpa/inet.h>

in_port_t ntohs (        in_port_t netshort) ;
 

STANDARDS

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

ntohs(): XPG4-UNIX

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

PARAMETERS

Specifies a 16-bit integer in network-byte order.  

DESCRIPTION

The ntohs() (network-to-host short) function converts an unsigned short (16-bit) integer from Internet network-byte order to host-byte order.

The Internet network requires address and port reference data in network-byte order.
 You can use the ntohs() function to convert Internet network address and port data to host-byte ordered integers.  

RETURN VALUES

The ntohs() function returns a 16-bit short integer in host-byte order.  

ERRORS

Current industry standards do not define error values for the ntohs() function.  

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: endhostent(3), endservent(3), ntohl(3), htonl(3), htons(3)

Standards: standards(5) delim off


 

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DESCRIPTION
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ERRORS
RELATED INFORMATION

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