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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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parent | Adding debian version 6.7-2. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man3/inet_ntop.3 b/man3/inet_ntop.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 3d2d78b..0000000 --- a/man3/inet_ntop.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 2000 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" References: RFC 2553 -.TH inet_ntop 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -inet_ntop \- convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from binary to text form -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <arpa/inet.h> -.P -.BI "const char *inet_ntop(int " af ", const void *restrict " src , -.BI " char " dst "[restrict ." size "], socklen_t " size ); -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -This function converts the network address structure -.I src -in the -.I af -address family into a character string. -The resulting string is copied to the buffer pointed to by -.IR dst , -which must be a non-null pointer. -The caller specifies the number of bytes available in this buffer in -the argument -.IR size . -.P -.BR inet_ntop () -extends the -.BR inet_ntoa (3) -function to support multiple address families, -.BR inet_ntoa (3) -is now considered to be deprecated in favor of -.BR inet_ntop (). -The following address families are currently supported: -.TP -.B AF_INET -.I src -points to a -.I struct in_addr -(in network byte order) -which is converted to an IPv4 network address in -the dotted-decimal format, "\fIddd.ddd.ddd.ddd\fP". -The buffer -.I dst -must be at least -.B INET_ADDRSTRLEN -bytes long. -.TP -.B AF_INET6 -.I src -points to a -.I struct in6_addr -(in network byte order) -which is converted to a representation of this address in the -most appropriate IPv6 network address format for this address. -The buffer -.I dst -must be at least -.B INET6_ADDRSTRLEN -bytes long. -.SH RETURN VALUE -On success, -.BR inet_ntop () -returns a non-null pointer to -.IR dst . -NULL is returned if there was an error, with -.I errno -set to indicate the error. -.SH ERRORS -.TP -.B EAFNOSUPPORT -.I af -was not a valid address family. -.TP -.B ENOSPC -The converted address string would exceed the size given by -.IR size . -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR inet_ntop () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2008. -.SH HISTORY -POSIX.1-2001. -.P -Note that RFC\ 2553 defines a prototype where the last argument -.I size -is of type -.IR size_t . -Many systems follow RFC\ 2553. -glibc 2.0 and 2.1 have -.IR size_t , -but 2.2 and later have -.IR socklen_t . -.\" 2.1.3: size_t, 2.1.91: socklen_t -.SH BUGS -.B AF_INET6 -converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses into an IPv6 format. -.SH EXAMPLES -See -.BR inet_pton (3). -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR getnameinfo (3), -.BR inet (3), -.BR inet_pton (3) |