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+.TH INTERNET 3X
+.CT 2 comm_mach
+.SH NAME
+in_host, in_ntoa, in_address, in_service \- internet networking functions
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <sys/inet/in.h>
+.PP
+.B char *in_host(hostaddr)
+.B in_addr hostaddr;
+.PP
+.B char *in_ntoa(hostaddr)
+.B in_addr hostaddr;
+.PP
+.B in_addr in_address(hostname)
+.B char *hostname;
+.PP
+.B struct in_service *in_service(name, proto, port)
+.B char *name, *proto;
+.B unsigned long port;
+.fi
+.PP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+These routines are loaded by the
+.B -lin
+option of
+.IR ld (1).
+.PP
+Internet addresses, type
+.I in_addr,
+are 32-bit quantities global to the network.
+The
+.SM ASCII
+representation of an
+.I in_addr
+can be either a host name or of the form
+.I b1.b2.b3.b4,
+where each
+.I `bx'
+is the value of the
+.IR x 'th
+byte of the
+address in decimal.
+Since host names are considered local `aliases' for internet
+addresses, the host-to-address mapping is subjective.
+.PP
+.I In_address
+maps an internet host name to an address
+and returns 0
+if the name is not found in the host
+table.
+.PP
+.I In_host
+maps an internet address into a host name.
+If the host is not found in the host table, the
+.SM ASCII
+representation of the address is returned.
+.PP
+.I In_ntoa
+maps an internet address to its
+.SM ASCII
+numeric format.
+.PP
+.I In_service
+returns the closest match to
+.I name
+in the services file.
+If either
+.I name
+or
+.I port
+are 0,
+they will match any name or port.
+If
+.I proto
+is
+.BR "(char *)0" ,
+the
+.B tcp
+protocol is assumed.
+.SH FILES
+.nf
+.ta 32n
+\fL/usr/inet/lib/hosts\fP mapping between host names and addresses
+\fL/usr/inet/lib/networks\fP mapping between network names and addresses
+\fL/usr/inet/lib/services\fP database of services
+\fL/usr/inet/lib/hosts.equiv\fP machines with common administration
+.fi
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.IR ipc (3),
+.IR tcp (3),
+.IR udp (3)
+.SH BUGS
+.PP
+The mappings between internet addresses and names is arbitrary at best.
+The hosts file may contain many addresses for each name and/or many
+names for each address.
+.I In_address
+and
+.I in_host
+each start at the beginning of the file and search sequentially for a match.
+Therefore,
+.B "in_addr(in_host(addr)) \=\= addr"
+is not necessarily true.