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Old 01-15-2008
Question C program : how to list interfaces with a valid IP ?
Hi all,

I think that the title is explicit enough Smilie I would like in a C program to list the interfaces with a valid IP. Those that can permit to send something over a network.

Thanks Smilie
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Old 01-16-2008
Having an IP address does not mean the routing is good enough to be able to send or receive anything over the interface.

I have been able to do so with getifaddrs() on Linux. Not sure other Unix flavours. Go search for manpage for that function.
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Old 01-16-2008
Hi

You can use the "system" function from C, and you can call ifconfig like commands (i'm not sure that such command exist on UN*X, but it is possible). In that way you can list the interfaces. If you pipe the command with grep, you can also filter out which interfaces has a valid IP address.

Hope it helps
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Old 01-16-2008
Stevens has a good example that is pretty compliant and portable.
Buy, beg or borrow Unix Network Programming if you don't already have a copy.
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Old 01-16-2008
that's what I know
perhaps you need to write the survices by yourself,the interfaces should be designed thorouly .well,that's all what I know.
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Old 01-16-2008
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Originally Posted by ramen_noodle
Stevens has a good example that is pretty compliant and portable.
Buy, beg or borrow Unix Network Programming if you don't already have a copy.
Who is 'Stevens' ? I'll look for this book thanks for the tip
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Old 01-16-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by cbkihong
Having an IP address does not mean the routing is good enough to be able to send or receive anything over the interface.

I have been able to do so with getifaddrs() on Linux. Not sure other Unix flavours. Go search for manpage for that function.
Nice function ! That works but I have a problem with the assignment "ifcur = iflist" : error: incompatible types in assignment ?! I don't understand why.

Code:
	
...
struct ifaddrs*		iflist 
,		        ifcur ;
	
if (getifaddrs (&iflist) < 0)
	printf ("* Erreur getifaddrs ! \n") ;

ifcur = iflist ;
	
freeifaddrs(iflist);
...
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