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29 .Nd get interface addresses
35 .Fn getifaddrs "struct ifaddrs **ifap"
37 .Fn freeifaddrs "struct ifaddrs *ifp"
41 function stores a reference to a linked list of the network interfaces
42 on the local machine in the memory referenced by
46 structures, as defined in the include file
50 structure contains at least the following entries:
52 struct ifaddrs *ifa_next; /* Pointer to next struct */
53 char *ifa_name; /* Interface name */
54 u_int ifa_flags; /* Interface flags */
55 struct sockaddr *ifa_addr; /* Interface address */
56 struct sockaddr *ifa_netmask; /* Interface netmask */
57 struct sockaddr *ifa_broadaddr; /* Interface broadcast address */
58 struct sockaddr *ifa_dstaddr; /* P2P interface destination */
59 void *ifa_data; /* Address specific data */
64 field contains a pointer to the next structure on the list.
67 in last structure on the list.
71 field contains the interface name.
75 field contains the interface flags, as set by
81 field references either the address of the interface or the link level
82 address of the interface, if one exists, otherwise it is
88 field should be consulted to determine the format of the
94 field references the netmask associated with
96 if one is set, otherwise it is
102 which should only be referenced for non-P2P interfaces,
103 references the broadcast address associated with
105 if one exists, otherwise it is
110 field references the destination address on a P2P interface,
111 if one exists, otherwise it is
116 field references address family specific data.
119 addresses it contains a pointer to the
121 .Pq as defined in include file Aq Pa net/if.h
122 which contains various interface attributes and statistics.
123 For all other address families, it is
128 is dynamically allocated and should be freed using
130 when no longer needed.
132 Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
133 Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
135 is set to indicate the error.
141 for any of the errors specified for the library routines
156 implementation first appeared in