.TH DOT2IP 3 .SH NAME dot2ip \- convert dotted decimal notation to an IP address .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B int dot2ip(ip, b1, b2, b3, b4) .B IPaddr ip; .B int b1; .B int b2; .B int b3; .B int b4; .br .SH DESCRIPTION Procedure .I dot2ip converts an Internet (IP) address from dotted decimal notation to its 32-bit integer form and stores it in argument \f2ip\f1. Each of the arguments \f2b1\f1, \f2b2\f1, \f2b3\f1, and \f2b4\f1, gives the value of one byte of the internet address.