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Given the dotted-quad representation of a network address as a string, returns an integer that represents the numeric value of the address. Addresses may be 4- or 8-byte addresses. INET_ATON(expr) Given the dotted-quad representation of a network address as a string, returns an integer that represents the numeric value of the […]