ether_aton, ether_ntoa, ether_ntohost, ether_hostton, ether_line, ether_ntoa_r, ether_aton_r — Ethernet address manipulation routines
#include <netinet/ether.h>
char
*ether_ntoa( |
const struct ether_addr *addr); |
struct ether_addr
*ether_aton( |
const char *asc); |
int
ether_ntohost( |
char *hostname, |
const struct ether_addr *addr); |
int
ether_hostton( |
const char *hostname, |
struct ether_addr *addr); |
int
ether_line( |
const char *line, |
| struct ether_addr *addr, | |
char *hostname); |
/* GNU extensions */
char
*ether_ntoa_r( |
const struct ether_addr *addr, |
char *buf); |
struct ether_addr
*ether_aton_r( |
const char *asc, |
struct ether_addr *addr); |
ether_aton() converts the
48-bit Ethernet host address asc from the standard
hex-digits-and-colons notation into binary data in network
byte order and returns a pointer to it in a statically
allocated buffer, which subsequent calls will overwrite.
ether_aton() returns NULL if
the address is invalid.
The ether_ntoa() function
converts the Ethernet host address addr given in network byte
order to a string in standard hex-digits-and-colons notation,
omitting leading zeros. The string is returned in a
statically allocated buffer, which subsequent calls will
overwrite.
The ether_ntohost() function
maps an Ethernet address to the corresponding hostname in
/etc/ethers and returns nonzero
if it cannot be found.
The ether_hostton() function
maps a hostname to the corresponding Ethernet address in
/etc/ethers and returns nonzero
if it cannot be found.
The ether_line() function
parses a line in /etc/ethers
format (ethernet address followed by whitespace followed by
hostname; '#' introduces a comment) and returns an address
and hostname pair, or nonzero if it cannot be parsed. The
buffer pointed to by hostname must be sufficiently
long, for example, have the same length as line.
The functions ether_ntoa_r()
and ether_aton_r() are
reentrant thread-safe versions of ether_ntoa() and ether_aton() respectively, and do not use
static buffers.
The structure ether_addr
is defined in <net/ethernet.h> as:
struct ether_addr { uint8_t ether_addr_octet[6];};
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
ether_aton(), ether_ntoa() |
Thread safety | MT-Unsafe |
ether_ntohost(), ether_hostton(), ether_line(), ether_ntoa_r(), ether_aton_r() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe |
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