TAPI for interface name/index calls

Overview

// global functions

unsigned int rpc_if_nametoindex(rcf_rpc_server* handle, const char* ifname);
char* rpc_if_indextoname(rcf_rpc_server* handle, unsigned int ifindex, char* ifname);

Detailed Documentation

Global Functions

unsigned int rpc_if_nametoindex(rcf_rpc_server* handle, const char* ifname)

Convert network interface name to index.

Parameters:

handle	RPC server handle
ifname	interface name

Returns:

Interface index otherwise zero.

char* rpc_if_indextoname(rcf_rpc_server* handle, unsigned int ifindex, char* ifname)

Map network interface index to its corresponding name.

Parameters:

handle	RPC server handle
ifindex	index of the interface
ifname	pointer to the network interface name with at least IF_NAMESIZE bytes size.

Returns:

Pointer to the interface name otherwise NULL