- Further clarify differences between inet_pton() and inet_aton()

(i.e. the former only accepts decimal numbers; no octal or hex)
- Clarify that inet_network() does not do byte rearrangement for one,
  two, and three part dotted addresses ala inet_aton() and inet_addr().
- whitespace
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ginsbach 2012-07-25 14:51:15 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: inet.3,v 1.4 2012/07/20 19:18:08 ginsbach Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: inet.3,v 1.5 2012/07/25 14:51:15 ginsbach Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)inet.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
.Dd July 20, 2012
.Dd July 25, 2012
.Dt INET 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -338,8 +338,9 @@ functions conform to
.St -p1003.1-2001 .
Note that
.Fn inet_pton
does not accept 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts
does not accept 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts
must be specified.
Additionally all four parts of a dotted address must be decimal.
This is a narrower input set than that accepted by
.Fn inet_aton .
.Sh HISTORY
@ -393,3 +394,8 @@ The function
.Fn inet_addr
should return a
.Vt struct in_addr .
.Pp
The function
.Fn inet_network
does not support byte rearrangement for one, two, and three
part addresses.