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