expand an IPv6 address so I can print it to stdout

Question

I am using getifaddrs() and inet_ntop() to get the ip addresses on the system. When the system is set to IPv6 the address returned is in the shortened version (using :: for

Answer 1

void ipv6_to_str_unexpanded(char * str, const struct in6_addr * addr) {
   sprintf(str, "%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x",
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[0], (int)addr->s6_addr[1],
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[2], (int)addr->s6_addr[3],
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[4], (int)addr->s6_addr[5],
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[6], (int)addr->s6_addr[7],
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[8], (int)addr->s6_addr[9],
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[10], (int)addr->s6_addr[11],
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[12], (int)addr->s6_addr[13],
                 (int)addr->s6_addr[14], (int)addr->s6_addr[15]);
}