FUNCTION::HTONL(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::HTONL 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Networking Tapset section of the manual, page 3stap, and today's main character is function::htonl 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

function::htonl — converts a 32-bit long from host to network order 🔄💅

like. it takes your little number and flips it into the byte order the network gods expect. it's giving translator energy fr fr.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

htonl:long(x:long)

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• x — the value you wanna convert, bestie. that's it, that's the whole job 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• tapset::inet(3stap) — go read this one too, iykyk 💜

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and that's the whole page, no cap — short, sweet, and absolutely iconic ✨

this lil writeup lives in the SystemTap Tapset Reference, dated September 2026 📅 go forth and byte-swap responsibly, mwah 💋🎀🧚