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NS(3)                   NetBSD Library Functions Manual                  NS(3)


NAME

     ns_addr, ns_ntoa -- Xerox NS(tm) address conversion routines


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <netns/ns.h>

     struct ns_addr
     ns_addr(const char *cp);

     char *
     ns_ntoa(struct ns_addr ns);


DESCRIPTION

     The routine ns_addr() interprets character strings representing XNS
     addresses, returning binary information suitable for use in system calls.
     The routine ns_ntoa() takes XNS addresses and returns ASCII strings rep-
     resenting the address in a notation in common use in the Xerox Develop-
     ment Environment:

           <network number>.<host number>.<port number>

     Trailing zero fields are suppressed, and each number is printed in hexa-
     decimal, in a format suitable for input to ns_addr().  Any fields lacking
     super-decimal digits will have a trailing `H' appended.

     Unfortunately, no universal standard exists for representing XNS
     addresses.  An effort has been made to ensure that ns_addr() be compati-
     ble with most formats in common use.  It will first separate an address
     into 1 to 3 fields using a single delimiter chosen from period `.', colon
     `:' or pound-sign `#'.  Each field is then examined for byte separators
     (colon or period).  If there are byte separators, each subfield separated
     is taken to be a small hexadecimal number, and the entirety is taken as a
     network-byte-ordered quantity to be zero extended in the high-network-
     order bytes.  Next, the field is inspected for hyphens, in which case the
     field is assumed to be a number in decimal notation with hyphens separat-
     ing the millennia.  Next, the field is assumed to be a number: It is
     interpreted as hexadecimal if there is a leading `0x' (as in C), a trail-
     ing `H' (as in Mesa), or there are any super-decimal digits present.  It
     is interpreted as octal if there is a leading `0' and there are no super-
     octal digits.  Otherwise, it is converted as a decimal number.


RETURN VALUES

     None. (See BUGS.)


SEE ALSO

     ns(4), hosts(5), networks(5)


HISTORY

     The ns_addr() and ns_toa() functions appeared in 4.3BSD.


BUGS

     The string returned by ns_ntoa() resides in a static memory area.  The
     function ns_addr() should diagnose improperly formed input, and there
     should be an unambiguous way to recognize this.

NetBSD 3.0.1                     June 4, 1993                     NetBSD 3.0.1