critical impact:

ether_* routines - not supported; temporarily available (CrUn53)

Problem description

The ether_* routines exist only on Tru64 UNIX, and not on HP-UX. These routines will be available on a temporary basis in the Tru64 UNIX Migration Environment for HP-UX.

The ether_* routines are useful for mapping 48-bit Ethernet numbers to their ASCII representations or their corresponding host names, and vice versa.

The Migration Environment contains Tru64 UNIX APIs, development tools, and commands and utilities to assist customers in migrating their applications from Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX.

Identifiers

ether_aton	ether_line	ether_ntohost
ether_hostton	ether_ntoa

See also

• Background information on Tru64 UNIX migration environment impacts
• Background information on networking impacts
• ethers(3)
• ethers(4)

Solution description

The ether_* routines are in the Tru64 UNIX Migration Environment.

Applications will be able to use these routines from the Tru64 UNIX Migration Environment for HP-UX. Please note that the Migration Environment is temporary.

See also

• Tru64 UNIX Migration Environment User's Guide

Problem summary