osf1 man page for if_indextoname

if_indextoname(3)					     Library Functions Manual						 if_indextoname(3)

NAME
       if_indextoname - Maps an interface index to an interface name

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <net/if.h>

       char *if_indextoname (	   unsigned int ifindex,      char *ifname) ;

PARAMETERS
       Specifies  the  index  number.	Points	to  a  buffer, IFNAMSIZ bytes in length, that contains the interface name.  IFNAMSIZ is defined in
       <net/if.h>.

DESCRIPTION
       The if_indextoname() function maps an interface index number to its corresponding interface name.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful conversion, the if_indextoname() function returns a pointer to the buffer containing the interface name.  If  no  interface
       name corresponds to the index, it returns a pointer to the buffer containing NULL.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions: if_freenameindex(3), if_nameindex(3), if_nametoindex(3).  delim off

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