if.h(3HEAD)

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Name

if.h, if– sockets local interfaces

Synopsis

#include <net/if.h>

Description

The <net/if.h> header defines the if_nameindex structure, which includes the following members:

unsigned if_index     /* numeric index of the interface */
char     *if_name     /* null-terminated name of the interface */

The <net/if.h> header defines the following macro for the length of a buffer containing an interface name (including the terminating null character):

IF_NAMESIZE

interface name length

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Standard

See Also

if_nametoindex(3XNET), attributes(5), standards(5)

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