From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F9D23857433 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2022 18:08:06 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 1F9D23857433 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o8QUO-0009IV-0D for libc-help@sourceware.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:08:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: libc-help@sourceware.org From: Ian Pilcher Subject: inet_net_pton() alternative for IPv6 Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 13:07:59 -0500 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.10.0 Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FORGED_MUA_MOZILLA, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_ASCII_DIVIDERS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-help@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-help mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 18:08:08 -0000 I am searching for the best way to parse both IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR- formatted addresses. I have found inet_net_pton(), but it only supports IPv4 (AF_INET) addresses. Needless to say, this is pretty disappointing in 2022. Is there an alternative API that I should be using, or am I stuck writing my own? Thanks! -- ======================================================================== Google Where SkyNet meets Idiocracy ========================================================================