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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net/inet.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/inet.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 index 9318f45..0aaee05 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/inet.3 @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" @(#)inet.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" From: @(#)inet.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $Id$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd June 17, 1996 .Dt INET 3 .Os BSD 4.2 .Sh NAME @@ -159,6 +160,18 @@ may be decimal, octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the C language (i.e., a leading 0x or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal; otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal). +.Pp +The +.Fn inet_aton +and +.Fn inet_ntoa +functions are semi-deprecated in favor of the +.Xr addr2ascii 3 +family. However, since those functions are not yet widely implemented, +portable programs cannot rely on their presence and will continue +to use the +.Xr inet 3 +functions for some time. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The constant .Dv INADDR_NONE @@ -168,6 +181,7 @@ and .Fn inet_network for malformed requests. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr addr2ascii 3 , .Xr gethostbyname 3 , .Xr getnetent 3 , .Xr hosts 5 , |
