how to convert hostent member h_addr to a string?

[lab1]

Hello,

I have a hostent h_addr and I want to convert that to a string IP address. How can I do that?

I tried this:


string ipaddress;
struct hostent *h;
h = gethostbyname(hostname.c_str());
ipaddress=h->h_addr;

but that doesnt work..

Thanks!

[Richard.J]

lookup inet_ntoa or inet_ntop