INET(3)

💫 INET(3) — the ROSE address glow-up station 💫

okay bestie, so this is page INET(3) from the Linux Programmer's Manual, and no it's not about the internet, it's about ROSE addresses — yes like the amateur packet radio thing, iykyk. Three little functions that translate and compare them. That's the whole vibe. Let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

rose_aton, rose_ntoa, rose_cmp — the ROSE Address manipulation routines. three besties, one job: making ROSE addresses make sense.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <netrose/rose.h>

int rose_aton(const char *cp, char *inp);

char * rose_ntoa(rose_address *cp);

int rose_cmp(rose_address *a1, rose_address *a2);

like, look at them. three little function signatures. precious. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so, one at a time:

• rose_aton() — takes the ROSE address cp, which is chillin' in its ASCII representation, and converts it into network format. glow-up complete ✨
• rose_ntoa() — the reverse queen 👑. takes the ROSE address cp, which is in network format, and converts it into a string that is the ASCII representation of the address.
• rose_cmp() — the vibe check 🧚. compares the two ROSE addresses a1 and a2, both of which are in network format.

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

• rose_ntoa() and rose_aton() return zero if all went OK, and -1 if not. that's it. zero or negative one, no in-between, no drama 💀
• rose_cmp() returns 0 if the addresses pointed to by a1 and a2 are identical, and 1 otherwise. twin behavior detected or not detected, that's the whole story. periodt.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these too, they're iconic:

• ax25(4)
• netrom(4)
• rose(4)

and that's the page, bestie!! 💖 this one's from the Linux crew, dated 2008-Feb-04, and it lives in section INET(3) of the Linux Programmer's Manual. mwah. go convert some addresses. 🌈⭐