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1 | .\" $OpenBSD: getifaddrs.3,v 1.10 2003/05/30 21:37:59 jmc Exp $ | ||
2 | .\" BSDI getifaddrs.3,v 2.5 2000/02/23 14:51:59 dab Exp | ||
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24 | .Dd October 12, 1995 | ||
25 | .Dt GETIFADDRS 3 | ||
26 | .Os | ||
27 | .Sh NAME | ||
28 | .Nm getifaddrs | ||
29 | .Nd get interface addresses | ||
30 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||
31 | .Fd #include <sys/types.h> | ||
32 | .Fd #include <sys/socket.h> | ||
33 | .Fd #include <ifaddrs.h> | ||
34 | .Ft int | ||
35 | .Fn getifaddrs "struct ifaddrs **ifap" | ||
36 | .Ft void | ||
37 | .Fn freeifaddrs "struct ifaddrs *ifap" | ||
38 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||
39 | The | ||
40 | .Fn getifaddrs | ||
41 | function stores a reference to a linked list of the network interfaces | ||
42 | on the local machine in the memory referenced by | ||
43 | .Fa ifap . | ||
44 | The list consists of | ||
45 | .Nm ifaddrs | ||
46 | structures, as defined in the include file | ||
47 | .Aq Pa ifaddrs.h . | ||
48 | The | ||
49 | .Nm ifaddrs | ||
50 | structure contains at least the following entries: | ||
51 | .Bd -literal | ||
52 | struct ifaddrs *ifa_next; /* Pointer to next struct */ | ||
53 | char *ifa_name; /* Interface name */ | ||
54 | u_int ifa_flags; /* Interface flags */ | ||
55 | struct sockaddr *ifa_addr; /* Interface address */ | ||
56 | struct sockaddr *ifa_netmask; /* Interface netmask */ | ||
57 | struct sockaddr *ifa_broadaddr; /* Interface broadcast address */ | ||
58 | struct sockaddr *ifa_dstaddr; /* P2P interface destination */ | ||
59 | void *ifa_data; /* Address specific data */ | ||
60 | .Ed | ||
61 | .Pp | ||
62 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | ||
63 | .It Fa ifa_next | ||
64 | Contains a pointer to the next structure on the list. | ||
65 | This field is set to | ||
66 | .Dv NULL | ||
67 | in last structure on the list. | ||
68 | .It Fa ifa_name | ||
69 | Contains the interface name. | ||
70 | .It Fa ifa_flags | ||
71 | Contains the interface flags, as set by | ||
72 | .Xr ifconfig 8 . | ||
73 | .It Fa ifa_addr | ||
74 | References either the address of the interface or the link level | ||
75 | address of the interface, if one exists, otherwise it is | ||
76 | .Dv NULL . | ||
77 | (The | ||
78 | .Fa sa_family | ||
79 | field of the | ||
80 | .Fa ifa_addr | ||
81 | field should be consulted to determine the format of the | ||
82 | .Fa ifa_addr | ||
83 | address.) | ||
84 | .It Fa ifa_netmask | ||
85 | References the netmask associated with | ||
86 | .Fa ifa_addr , | ||
87 | if one is set, otherwise it is | ||
88 | .Dv NULL . | ||
89 | .It Fa ifa_broadaddr | ||
90 | This field, which should only be referenced for non-P2P interfaces, | ||
91 | references the broadcast address associated with | ||
92 | .Fa ifa_addr , | ||
93 | if one exists, otherwise it is | ||
94 | .Dv NULL . | ||
95 | .It Fa ifa_dstaddr | ||
96 | References the destination address on a P2P interface, | ||
97 | if one exists, otherwise it is | ||
98 | .Dv NULL . | ||
99 | .It Fa ifa_data | ||
100 | References address family specific data. | ||
101 | For | ||
102 | .Dv AF_LINK | ||
103 | addresses it contains a pointer to the | ||
104 | .Li struct if_data | ||
105 | (as defined in include file | ||
106 | .Aq Pa net/if.h ) | ||
107 | which contains various interface attributes and statistics. | ||
108 | For all other address families, it contains a pointer to the | ||
109 | .Li struct ifa_data | ||
110 | (as defined in include file | ||
111 | .Aq Pa net/if.h ) | ||
112 | which contains per-address interface statistics. | ||
113 | .El | ||
114 | .Pp | ||
115 | The data returned by | ||
116 | .Fn getifaddrs | ||
117 | is dynamically allocated and should be freed using | ||
118 | .Fn freeifaddrs | ||
119 | when no longer needed. | ||
120 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | ||
121 | Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. | ||
122 | Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and | ||
123 | .Va errno | ||
124 | is set to indicate the error. | ||
125 | .Sh ERRORS | ||
126 | The | ||
127 | .Fn getifaddrs | ||
128 | may fail and set | ||
129 | .Va errno | ||
130 | for any of the errors specified for the library routines | ||
131 | .Xr ioctl 2 , | ||
132 | .Xr socket 2 , | ||
133 | .Xr malloc 3 , | ||
134 | or | ||
135 | .Xr sysctl 3 . | ||
136 | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||
137 | .Xr ioctl 2 , | ||
138 | .Xr socket 2 , | ||
139 | .Xr sysctl 3 , | ||
140 | .Xr networking 4 , | ||
141 | .Xr ifconfig 8 | ||
142 | .Sh HISTORY | ||
143 | The | ||
144 | .Fn getifaddrs | ||
145 | function first appeared in BSDI BSD/OS. | ||
146 | The function is supplied on | ||
147 | .Ox | ||
148 | since | ||
149 | .Ox 2.7 . | ||
150 | .Sh BUGS | ||
151 | If both | ||
152 | .Aq Pa net/if.h | ||
153 | and | ||
154 | .Aq Pa ifaddrs.h | ||
155 | are being included, | ||
156 | .Aq Pa net/if.h | ||
157 | .Em must | ||
158 | be included before | ||
159 | .Aq Pa ifaddrs.h . | ||