inet_ntoa()

convert an Internet address into a string

Synopsis:

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

char *inet_ntoa( struct in_addr in );

Description:

The inet_ntoa() routine converts the Internet address stored in the in argument into an ASCII string representing the address in dot notation (for example, ``127.0.0.1'').

For more information on Internet addresses, see inet_aton().

Returns:

A string representing an Internet address.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1g (draft)

Safety:
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	No
Thread	Yes

Caveats:

The string returned by this function is stored in a static buffer that's reused for every call to inet_ntoa().