NAME

       if_nametoindex, if_indextoname - mappings between network interface names and indexes

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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 to indicate the error.

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

ERRORS

       if_nametoindex() may fail and set errno if:

       ENODEV No interface found with given name.

       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

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                      │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │if_nametoindex(), if_indextoname()                             │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, RFC 3493.

       This function first appeared in BSDi.

SEE ALSO

       getifaddrs(3), if_nameindex(3), ifconfig(8)