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sockaddr_in(3type) sockaddr_in(3type)
sockaddr_in, in_addr, in_addr_t, in_port_t - IPv4 socket address
Standard C library (libc)
#include <netinet/in.h>
struct sockaddr_in {
sa_family_t sin_family; /* AF_INET */
in_port_t sin_port; /* Port number */
struct in_addr sin_addr; /* IPv4 address */
};
struct in_addr {
in_addr_t s_addr;
};
typedef uint32_t in_addr_t;
typedef uint16_t in_port_t;
sockaddr_in
Describes an IPv4 Internet domain socket address.
.sin_port and .sin_addr are stored in network byte order.
POSIX.1-2024.
POSIX.1-2001.
sockaddr(3type), sockaddr_in6(3type)
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Linux man-pages 6.18 2025-11-25 sockaddr_in(3type)
Pages that refer to this page: sockaddr(3type), sockaddr_in6(3type), ip(7)