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| 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: if_indextoname.3,v 1.5 2002/03/07 22:41:12 millert Exp $ | ||
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| 35 | .Dd May 21, 1998 | ||
| 36 | .Dt IF_NAMETOINDEX 3 | ||
| 37 | .Os | ||
| 38 | .Sh NAME | ||
| 39 | .Nm if_nametoindex , | ||
| 40 | .Nm if_indextoname , | ||
| 41 | .Nm if_nameindex , | ||
| 42 | .Nm if_freenameindex | ||
| 43 | .Nd convert interface index to name, and vice versa | ||
| 44 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||
| 45 | .Fd #include <net/if.h> | ||
| 46 | .Ft "unsigned int" | ||
| 47 | .Fn if_nametoindex "const char *ifname" | ||
| 48 | .Ft "char *" | ||
| 49 | .Fn if_indextoname "unsigned int ifindex" "char *ifname" | ||
| 50 | .Ft "struct if_nameindex *" | ||
| 51 | .Fn if_nameindex "void" | ||
| 52 | .Ft "void" | ||
| 53 | .Fn if_freenameindex "struct if_nameindex *ptr" | ||
| 54 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||
| 55 | These functions map interface indexes to interface names (such as | ||
| 56 | .Dq lo0 ) , | ||
| 57 | and vice versa. | ||
| 58 | .Pp | ||
| 59 | The | ||
| 60 | .Fn if_nametoindex | ||
| 61 | function converts an interface name specified by the | ||
| 62 | .Fa ifname | ||
| 63 | argument to an interface index (positive integer value). | ||
| 64 | If the specified interface does not exist, 0 will be returned. | ||
| 65 | .Pp | ||
| 66 | .Fn if_indextoname | ||
| 67 | converts an interface index specified by the | ||
| 68 | .Fa ifindex | ||
| 69 | argument to an interface name. | ||
| 70 | The | ||
| 71 | .Fa ifname | ||
| 72 | argument must point to a buffer of at least | ||
| 73 | .Dv IF_NAMESIZE | ||
| 74 | bytes into which the interface name corresponding to the specified index is | ||
| 75 | returned. | ||
| 76 | .Pf ( Dv IF_NAMESIZE | ||
| 77 | is also defined in | ||
| 78 | .Aq Pa net/if.h | ||
| 79 | and its value includes a terminating null byte at the end of the | ||
| 80 | interface name.) | ||
| 81 | This pointer is also the return value of the function. | ||
| 82 | If there is no interface corresponding to the specified index, | ||
| 83 | .Dv NULL | ||
| 84 | is returned. | ||
| 85 | .Pp | ||
| 86 | .Fn if_nameindex | ||
| 87 | returns an array of | ||
| 88 | .Fa if_nameindex | ||
| 89 | structures. | ||
| 90 | .Fa if_nametoindex | ||
| 91 | is also defined in | ||
| 92 | .Aq Pa net/if.h , | ||
| 93 | and is as follows: | ||
| 94 | .Bd -literal -offset | ||
| 95 | struct if_nameindex { | ||
| 96 | unsigned int if_index; /* 1, 2, ... */ | ||
| 97 | char *if_name; /* null terminated name: "le0", ... */ | ||
| 98 | }; | ||
| 99 | .Ed | ||
| 100 | .Pp | ||
| 101 | The end of the array of structures is indicated by a structure with | ||
| 102 | an | ||
| 103 | .Fa if_index | ||
| 104 | of 0 and an | ||
| 105 | .Fa if_name | ||
| 106 | of | ||
| 107 | .Dv NULL . | ||
| 108 | The function returns a null pointer on error. | ||
| 109 | The memory used for this array of structures along with the interface | ||
| 110 | names pointed to by the | ||
| 111 | .Fa if_name | ||
| 112 | members is obtained dynamically. | ||
| 113 | This memory is freed by the | ||
| 114 | .Fn if_freenameindex | ||
| 115 | function. | ||
| 116 | .Pp | ||
| 117 | .Fn if_freenameindex | ||
| 118 | takes a pointer that was returned by | ||
| 119 | .Fn if_nameindex | ||
| 120 | as argument | ||
| 121 | .Pq Fa ptr , | ||
| 122 | and it reclaims the region allocated. | ||
| 123 | .Sh DIAGNOSTICS | ||
| 124 | .Fn if_nametoindex | ||
| 125 | returns 0 on error, positive integer on success. | ||
| 126 | .Fn if_indextoname | ||
| 127 | and | ||
| 128 | .Fn if_nameindex | ||
| 129 | return | ||
| 130 | .Dv NULL | ||
| 131 | on errors. | ||
| 132 | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||
| 133 | .Xr getifaddrs 3 , | ||
| 134 | .Xr networking 4 | ||
| 135 | .Pp | ||
| 136 | R. Gilligan, S. Thomson, J. Bound, and W. Stevens, | ||
| 137 | ``Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6,'' RFC2553, March 1999. | ||
| 138 | .Sh STANDARDS | ||
| 139 | These functions are defined in ``Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6'' | ||
| 140 | .Pq RFC2533 . | ||
