NAME

if_nameindex - return all interface names and indexes

SYNOPSIS

#include <net/if.h>

struct if_nameindex *if_nameindex(void);

DESCRIPTION

This function returns an array of if_nameindex structures, one structure per interface. The end of the array is indicated 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 finished using it.

RETURN VALUE

Array of structures identifying local interfaces. A NULL pointer is returned upon an error, with errno set to indicate the nature of the error.

ERRORS

[ENOBUFS]

Insufficient resources are available in the system to complete the call.

SEE ALSO

getsockopt(), if_freenameindex(), if_indextoname(), if_nametoindex(), setsockopt(), <net/if.h>

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