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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
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diff --git a/man/man3/if_nametoindex.3 b/man/man3/if_nametoindex.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a1272a --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/if_nametoindex.3 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH if_nametoindex 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +if_nametoindex, if_indextoname \- mappings between network interface +names and indexes +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <net/if.h> +.P +.BI "unsigned int if_nametoindex(const char *" "ifname" ); +.BI "char *if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *" ifname ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR if_nametoindex () +function returns the index of the network interface +corresponding to the name +.IR ifname . +.P +The +.BR if_indextoname () +function returns the name of the network interface +corresponding to the interface index +.IR ifindex . +The name is placed in the buffer pointed to by +.IR ifname . +The buffer must allow for the storage of at least +.B IF_NAMESIZE +bytes. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR if_nametoindex () +returns the index number of the network interface; +on error, 0 is returned and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.P +On success, +.BR if_indextoname () +returns +.IR ifname ; +on error, NULL is returned and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +.BR if_nametoindex () +may fail and set +.I errno +if: +.TP +.B ENODEV +No interface found with given name. +.P +.BR if_indextoname () +may fail and set +.I errno +if: +.TP +.B ENXIO +No interface found for the index. +.P +.BR if_nametoindex () +and +.BR if_indextoname () +may also fail for any of the errors specified for +.BR socket (2) +or +.BR ioctl (2). +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR if_nametoindex (), +.BR if_indextoname () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008, RFC\ 3493. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001. +BSDi. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR getifaddrs (3), +.BR if_nameindex (3), +.BR ifconfig (8) |