IF_NAMEINDEX(3P)

PROLOG
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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 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
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 POSIX.1-2008, <net_if.h>

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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.unix.org/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .