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# iso_addr

    ISO_ADDR(3)              BSD Library Functions Manual              ISO_ADDR(3)

    NAME
         iso_addr, iso_ntoa - network address conversion routines for Open System
         Interconnection

    SYNOPSIS
         #include <sys/types.h>
         #include <netiso/iso.h>

         struct iso_addr *
         iso_addr(char *cp);

         char *
         iso_ntoa(struct iso_addr *isoa);

    DESCRIPTION
         The routine iso_addr() interprets character strings representing OSI
         addresses, returning binary information suitable for use in system calls.
         The routine iso_ntoa() takes OSI addresses and returns ASCII strings rep-
         resenting NSAPs (network service access points) in a notation inverse to
         that accepted by iso_addr().

         Unfortunately, no universal standard exists for representing OSI network
         addresses.

         The format employed by iso_addr() is a sequence of hexadecimal ``digits''
         (optionally separated by periods), of the form:

               <hex digits>.<hex digits>.<hex digits>

         Each pair of hexadecimal digits represents a byte with the leading digit
         indicating the higher-ordered bits.  A period following an even number of
         bytes has no effect (but may be used to increase legibility).  A period
         following an odd number of bytes has the effect of causing the byte of
         address being translated to have its higher order bits filled with zeros.

    RETURN VALUES
         iso_ntoa() always returns a null terminated string.  iso_addr() always
         returns a pointer to a struct iso_addr.  (See BUGS.)

    SEE ALSO
         iso(4)

    HISTORY
         The iso_addr() and iso_ntoa() functions appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.

    BUGS
         The returned values reside in a static memory area.

         The function iso_addr() should diagnose improperly formed input, and
         there should be an unambiguous way to recognize this.

    BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD

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