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IF_NAMEINDEX(3P)					     POSIX Programmer's Manual						  IF_NAMEINDEX(3P)

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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond- ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. NAME
if_nameindex -- return all network interface names and indexes SYNOPSIS
#include <net/if.h> struct if_nameindex *if_nameindex(void); DESCRIPTION
The if_nameindex() function shall return an array of if_nameindex structures, one structure per interface. The end of the array is indi- cated 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 fin- ished using it. RETURN VALUE
An array of structures identifying local interfaces. A null pointer is returned upon an error, with errno set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The if_nameindex() function may fail if: ENOBUFS Insufficient resources are available to complete the function. The following sections are informative. EXAMPLES
None. APPLICATION USAGE
None. RATIONALE
None. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None. SEE ALSO
getsockopt(), if_freenameindex(), if_indextoname(), if_nametoindex(), setsockopt() The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <net_if.h> COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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 Stan- dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . IEEE
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IF_INDEXTONAME(3P)					     POSIX Programmer's Manual						IF_INDEXTONAME(3P)

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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond- ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. NAME
if_indextoname -- map a network interface index to its corresponding name SYNOPSIS
#include <net/if.h> char *if_indextoname(unsigned ifindex, char *ifname); DESCRIPTION
The if_indextoname() function shall map an interface index to its corresponding name. When this function is called, ifname shall point to a buffer of at least {IF_NAMESIZE} bytes. The function shall place in this buffer the name of the interface with index ifindex. RETURN VALUE
If ifindex is an interface index, then the function shall return the value supplied in ifname, which points to a buffer now containing the interface name. Otherwise, the function shall return a null pointer and set errno to indicate the error. ERRORS
The if_indextoname() function shall fail if: ENXIO The interface does not exist. The following sections are informative. EXAMPLES
None. APPLICATION USAGE
None. RATIONALE
None. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None. SEE ALSO
getsockopt(), if_freenameindex(), if_nameindex(), if_nametoindex(), setsockopt() The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <net_if.h> COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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 Stan- dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . IEEE
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