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Inside Macintosh: Networking With Open Transport / Part 2 - Open Transport Reference

Chapter 29 - TCP/IP Services Reference / Functions

OTInetStringToHost
Converts an IP address string from dotted-decimal notation or hexadecimal notation to an InetHost data type.

C INTERFACE
OSStatus OTInetStringToHost (char *str,
                                         InetHost *host);
C++ INTERFACE
None. C++ clients use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

str
A pointer to a character string containing an IP address in either dotted-decimal notation (for example, "12.13.14.15") or hexadecimal notation (for example, "0x0C0D0E0F").
host
A pointer to the address as an InetHost data type.
function result
A result code. See Appendix B for more information.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
The OTInetStringToHost function cannot block and always runs synchronously. It does not use the services of the DNR.

SEE ALSO
The OTInetHostToString function (described next).