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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/addr2ascii.3 b/lib/libc/net/addr2ascii.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 282acac..0000000 --- a/lib/libc/net/addr2ascii.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,215 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" Copyright 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology -.\" -.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and -.\" its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby -.\" granted, provided that both the above copyright notice and this -.\" permission notice appear in all copies, that both the above -.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all -.\" supporting documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used -.\" in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the -.\" software without specific, written prior permission. M.I.T. makes -.\" no representations about the suitability of this software for any -.\" purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied -.\" warranty. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY M.I.T. ``AS IS''. M.I.T. DISCLAIMS -.\" ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, -.\" INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF -.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT -.\" SHALL M.I.T. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, -.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT -.\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF -.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND -.\" ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, -.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT -.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" $ANA: addr2ascii.3,v 1.1 1996/06/13 18:41:46 wollman Exp $ -.\" -.Dd June 13, 1996 -.Dt ADDR2ASCII 3 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm addr2ascii , -.Nm ascii2addr -.Nd Generic address formatting routines -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Fd #include <sys/types.h> -.Fd #include <sys/socket.h> -.Fd #include <netinet/in.h> -.Fd #include <arpa/inet.h> -.Ft "char *" -.Fn addr2ascii "int af" "const void *addrp" "int len" "char *buf" -.Ft int -.Fn ascii2addr "int af" "const char *ascii" "void *result" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The routines -.Fn addr2ascii -and -.Fn ascii2addr -are used to convert network addresses between binary form and a -printable form appropriate to the address family. Both functions take -an -.Fa af -argument, specifying the address family to be used in the conversion -process. -(Currently, only the -.Dv AF_INET -and -.Dv AF_LINK -address families are supported.) -.Pp -The -.Fn addr2ascii -function -is used to convert binary, network-format addresses into printable -form. In addition to -.Fa af , -there are three other arguments. The -.Fa addrp -argument is a pointer to the network address to be converted. -The -.Fa len -argument is the length of the address. The -.Fa buf -argument is an optional pointer to a caller-allocated buffer to hold -the result; if a null pointer is passed, -.Fn addr2ascii -uses a statically-allocated buffer. -.Pp -The -.Fn ascii2addr -function performs the inverse operation to -.Fn addr2ascii . -In addition to -.Fa af , -it takes two parameters, -.Fa ascii -and -.Fa result . -The -.Fa ascii -parameter is a pointer to the string which is to be converted into -binary. The -.Fa result -parameter is a pointer to an appropriate network address structure for -the specified family. -.Pp -The following gives the appropriate structure to use for binary -addresses in the specified family: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width AF_INETxxxx -compact -.It Dv AF_INET -.Li struct in_addr -.Pq in Aq Pa netinet/in.h -.It Dv AF_LINK -.Li struct sockaddr_dl -.Pq in Aq Pa net/if_dl.h -.\" .It Dv AF_INET6 -.\" .Li struct in6_addr -.\" .Pq in Aq Pa netinet6/in6.h -.El -.Sh RETURN VALUES -The -.Fn addr2ascii -function returns the address of the buffer it was passed, or a static -buffer if the a null pointer was passed; on failure, it returns a null -pointer. -The -.Fn ascii2addr -function returns the length of the binary address in bytes, or -1 on -failure. -.Sh EXAMPLES -The -.Xr inet 3 -functions -.Fn inet_ntoa -and -.Fn inet_aton -could be implemented thusly: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -#include <sys/socket.h> -#include <netinet/in.h> -#include <arpa/inet.h> - -char * -inet_ntoa(struct in_addr addr) -{ - return addr2ascii(AF_INET, &addr, sizeof addr, 0); -} - -int -inet_aton(const char *ascii, struct in_addr *addr) -{ - return (ascii2addr(AF_INET, ascii, addr) - == sizeof(*addr)); -} -.Ed -.Pp -In actuality, this cannot be done because -.Fn addr2ascii -and -.Fn ascii2addr -are implemented in terms of the -.Xr inet 3 -functions, rather than the other way around. -.Sh ERRORS -When a failure is returned, -.Li errno -is set to one of the following values: -.Bl -tag -width [EPROTONOSUPPORT] -.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG -The -.Fn addr2ascii -routine was passed a -.Fa len -parameter which was inappropriate for the address family given by -.Fa af . -.It Bq Er EPROTONOSUPPORT -Either routine was passed an -.Fa af -parameter other than -.Dv AF_INET -or -.Dv AF_LINK . -.It Bq Er EINVAL -The string passed to -.Fn ascii2addr -was improperly formatted for address family -.Fa af . -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr inet 3 , -.Xr linkaddr 3 , -.Xr inet 4 -.Sh HISTORY -An interface close to this one was originally suggested by Craig -Partridge. This particular interface originally apppeared in the -.Tn INRIA -.Tn IPv6 -implementation. -.Sh AUTHOR -Code and documentation by Garrett A. Wollman, MIT Laboratory for -Computer Science. -.Sh BUGS -The original implementations supported IPv6. This support should -eventually be resurrected. The -.Tn NRL -implementation also included support for the -.Dv AF_ISO -and -.Dv AF_NS -address families. -.Pp -The genericity of this interface is somewhat questionable. A truly -generic interface would provide a means for determining the length of -the buffer to be used so that it could be dynamically allocated, and -would always require a -.Dq Li "struct sockaddr" -to hold the binary address. Unfortunately, this is incompatible with existing -practice. This limitation means that a routine for printing network -addresses from arbitrary address families must still have internal -knowledge of the maximum buffer length needed and the appropriate part -of the address to use as the binary address. |