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sockaddr_in6(3type)

IPv6 socket address

NAME

sockaddr_in6, in6_addr - IPv6 socket address

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <netinet/in.h>

struct sockaddr_in6 { sa_family_t sin6_family; /* AF_INET6 */ in_port_t sin6_port; /* Port number */ uint32_t sin6_flowinfo; /* IPv6 flow info */ struct in6_addr sin6_addr; /* IPv6 address */ uint32_t sin6_scope_id; /* Set of interfaces for a scope */ };

struct in6_addr { uint8_t s6_addr[16]; };

DESCRIPTION

sockaddr_in6

Describes an IPv6 Internet domain socket address.

in6_addr

Contains a 128-bit IPv6 address, stored in network byte order.

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2024.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

sockaddr_in(3type), sockaddr(3type)

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