firedns_aton6(3)

NAME

firedns_aton6 - convert a colon seperated IPv6 address to

binary format

SYNOPSIS

#include <firedns.h>
-lfiredns
struct   in6_addr   *firedns_aton6(const   char   *  const
ipstring)
struct  in6_addr  *firedns_aton6_r(const  char   *   const
ipstring)
struct   in6_addr   *firedns_aton6_s(const  char  *  const
ipstring, struct in6_addr *ip)

DESCRIPTION

firedns_aton6() takes an IPv6 address in colon seperated

notation in ipstring and returns a struct in6_addr containing the

address in binary format.

RETURN VALUE

Returns a struct in6_addr containing the IP address in bi

nary form, or NULL if ipstring is not a valid IP.

AUTHOR

Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

libfiredns(3)

2002-03-31

firedns_aton6(3)