/* * src/nl-link-name2ifindex.c Transform a interface name to its index * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 * of the License. * * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Thomas Graf */ #include #include #include static void print_usage(void) { printf("Usage: nl-link-name2ifindex \n"); exit(0); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct nl_sock *sock; struct nl_cache *link_cache; uint32_t ifindex; if (argc < 2) print_usage(); sock = nl_cli_alloc_socket(); nl_cli_connect(sock, NETLINK_ROUTE); link_cache = nl_cli_link_alloc_cache(sock); if (!(ifindex = rtnl_link_name2i(link_cache, argv[1]))) nl_cli_fatal(ENOENT, "Interface \"%s\" does not exist", argv[1]); printf("%u\n", ifindex); return 0; }