On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 06:58:00PM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote: > On 7/4/22 13:23, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > I never tried it, but this is what my version [1] of the libc docs say: > > > > -- Function: int inet_pton (int AF, const char *CP, void *BUF) > > > > Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX > > Safety Concepts::. > > > > This function converts an Internet address (either IPv4 or IPv6) > > from presentation (textual) to network (binary) format. AF should > > be either ‘AF_INET’ or ‘AF_INET6’, as appropriate for the type of > > address being converted. CP is a pointer to the input string, and > > BUF is a pointer to a buffer for the result. It is the caller’s > > responsibility to make sure the buffer is large enough. > > > You're looking at the wrong function. inet_pton() does support IPv6; > inet_net_pton() does not (even though its interface is designed in a > way that it could accomodate it). I see, thanks > -- > ======================================================================== > Google Where SkyNet meets Idiocracy > ======================================================================== The irony is that you are posting from... gmail :) Cheers -- t