Error Message C2373 On SOCKUTIL.H

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Error 1 error C2373: htons : redefinition; different type modifiers

<>;#if !defined(SOCKUTIL_H)
#define SOCKUTIL_H
int inet_addr(const char *sIp, unsigned long *lIp);
unsigned short htons(unsigned short port);
char *IpToString(char *ip, unsigned long lIp);
#endif

Posted 20-Jul-11 12:23pm

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meomeo123456 10-Oct-12 3:22am

Can you fix it ?

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Chuck O'Toole · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-20T13:55:00

You probably did an #include Winsock2.h in your code and got the library definition u_short WSAAPI htons(u_short hostshort). Your definition is not the same (WSAAPI) hence you are doing a "redefinition".

Deciding which to use, your SOCKUTIL or Winsock2 is up to you, you just can't use both.