centos man page for if_indextoname

Query: if_indextoname

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IF_NAMETOINDEX(3)					     Linux Programmer's Manual						 IF_NAMETOINDEX(3)

NAME
if_nametoindex, if_indextoname - mappings between network interface names and indexes
SYNOPSIS
#include <net/if.h> unsigned int if_nametoindex(const char *ifname); char *if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *ifname);
DESCRIPTION
The if_nametoindex() function returns the index of the network interface corresponding to the name ifname. The if_indextoname() function returns the name of the network interface corresponding to the interface index ifindex. The name is placed in the buffer pointed to by ifname. The buffer must allow for the storage of at least IF_NAMESIZE bytes.
RETURN VALUE
On success, if_nametoindex() returns the index number of the network interface; on error, 0 is returned and errno is set appropriately. On success, if_indextoname() returns ifname; on error, NULL is returned and errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
if_indextoname() may fail and set errno if: ENXIO No interface found for the index. if_nametoindex() and if_indextoname() may also fail for any of the errors specified for socket(2) or ioctl(2).
CONFORMING TO
RFC 3493, POSIX.1-2001. This function first appeared in BSDi.
SEE ALSO
getifaddrs(3), if_nameindex(3), ifconfig(8)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
GNU
2012-12-14 IF_NAMETOINDEX(3)
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