Jan Grant wrote:
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Paul T. Root wrote:
man inet_addr
and you'll find:
All numbers supplied as ``parts'' in a `.' notation may be decimal,
octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the C language (i.e., a leading
0x or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal;
otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal).
So a leading zero means hex. Stop trying to make it look pretty.
Standards are a good thing and need to be followed.
I also found:
[[[
STANDARDS
The inet_ntop() and inet_pton() functions conform to X/Open Networking
Services Issue 5.2 (``XNS5.2''). Note that inet_pton() does not accept
1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts must be specified and
are interpreted only as decimal values. This is a narrower input set
than that accepted by inet_aton().
]]]
on that same man page :-)
Sure but the hosts(5) man page says that it follows inet_addr(3) spec.
Sorry, I neglected to put that little leap in.
Cheers,
jan
PS. I only raised the issue in case anyone else was bitten by it (which
is why a PR might be handy). Having "fixed" /etc/hosts, I don't think
this is worth wasting more energy on.
Yeah, you're right there.
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