Manpages - if_nameindex.3p

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if_nameindex — return all network interface names and indexes

  #include <net/if.h>
  struct if_nameindex *if_nameindex(void);

The if_nameindex/() function shall return an array of /if_nameindex structures, one structure per interface. The end of the array is indicated by a structure with an if_index field of zero and an if_name field of NULL.

Applications should call /if_freenameindex/() to release the memory that may be dynamically allocated by this function, after they have finished using it.

An array of structures identifying local interfaces. A null pointer is returned upon an error, with errno set to indicate the error.

The /if_nameindex/() function may fail if:

ENOBUFS

Insufficient resources are available to complete the function.

The following sections are informative.

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/getsockopt ( )/, /if_freenameindex ( )/, /if_indextoname ( )/, /if_nametoindex ( )/, /setsockopt ( )/

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <net_if.h>

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology – Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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