SYNOPSIS

#include <net/if.h>

unsigned int if_nametoindex(const char *ifname);

char *if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *ifname);

DESCRIPTION

The if_nametoindex() function returns the index of the network interface corresponding to the name ifname.

The if_indextoname() function returns the name of the network interface corresponding to the interface index ifindex. The name is placed in the buffer pointed to by ifname. The buffer must allow for the storage of at least IF_NAMESIZE bytes.

RETURN VALUE

On success, if_nametoindex() returns the index number of the network interface; on error, 0 is returned and errno is set appropriately.

On success, if_indextoname() returns ifname; on error, NULL is returned and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

if_indextoname() may fail and set errno if:

ENXIO

No interface found for the index.

if_nametoindex() and if_indextoname() may also fail for any of the errors specified for socket(2) or ioctl(2).

ATTRIBUTES

Multithreading (see pthreads(7))

The if_nametoindex() and if_indextoname() functions are thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO

RFC 3493, POSIX.1-2001.

This function first appeared in BSDi.

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COLOPHON

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