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Is there an alternative to inet_ntop / InetNtop in Windows XP?

I'm trying to compile beej's guide to network programming examples, but Windows XP doesn't have such a function. I'm using mingw, if it makes any difference.

Solution

  • If you're only dealing with IPv4 addresses, you can use inet_ntoa. It's available on Windows 2000 or later. Otherwise you'll have to either require Vista and later, or write your own inet_ntop function.

    You could also look at boost - the boost::asio has an inet_ntop implementation that works in Windows: boost::asio::detail::socket_ops::inet_ntop. You can see the source code here.