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

PROLOG
       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_freenameindex - free memory allocated by if_nameindex

SYNOPSIS
       #include <net/if.h>

       void if_freenameindex(struct if_nameindex *ptr);

DESCRIPTION
       The if_freenameindex() function shall free the memory allocated by if_nameindex(). The ptr argument shall be a pointer that was returned by
       if_nameindex(). After if_freenameindex() has been called, the application shall not use the array of which ptr is the address.

RETURN VALUE
       None.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       getsockopt(),  if_indextoname(),  if_nameindex(),  if_nametoindex(),  setsockopt(),  the  Base  Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
       <net/if.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003						      IF_FREENAMEINDEX(3P)