.TH ATALK_ATON 3 "12 Jan 1994" "netatalk 1.3"
.SH NAME
atalk_aton \- AppleTalk address parsing
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netatalk/at.h>
.LP
atalk_aton( cp, ata )
char *cp;
struct at_addr *ata;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B atalk_aton()
routine converts an ascii representation of an AppleTalk address to a
format appropriate for system calls.  Acceptable ascii representations
include both hex and base 10, in triples or doubles.  For instance, the
address `0x1f6b.77' has a network part of `8043' and a node part of
`119'.  This same address could be written `8043.119', `31.107.119', or
`0x1f.6b.77'.  If the address is in hex and the first digit is one of
`A-F', a leading `0x' is redundant.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR atalk (4).