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    Converts an IP address into a text string representing the
    address in the standard internet dotted-decimal format.
    Format
      #include  <in.h>
      #include  <inet.h>
      char *inet_ntoa  ( struct in_addr in );

1  –  Argument

 in
    An IP address in network byte order.

2  –  Description

    This function converts an IP address into an ASCII (null-
    terminated) string that represents the address in standard
    internet dotted-decimal format.
    The string is returned in a static buffer that is overwritten by
    subsequent calls to inet_ntoa(). If you want to save the text
    string, you should copy it.

3  –  Return Value

    x                  A pointer to a string containing the IP
                       address in dotted-decimal format.
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