* feature request: get ipv6 address from interface name (SIOCGIFNAME)
@ 2002-04-29 9:48 Francois-Xavier Kowalski
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From: Francois-Xavier Kowalski @ 2002-04-29 9:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Networking Development ML; +Cc: Francois-Xavier 'FiX' KOWALSKI
Hello,
I am currently writing some user-space stuff that require to get the
IP address from the Eternet interface name (because the interface name
is the one linked to the physical device).
ipv4 let the a the ability to retrieve a single address using the
itocl(SIOCGIFNAME) command.
So I am wondering if the fact that this feature is left un-implemented
in ipv6 is intentionnal or not. The currently implemented ipv6 ioctl
commands only allow to set values, but not to retrieve them.
BTW, I have also noted that a single IPv4 address can be retrieved
using the ioctl(SIOCGIFNAME), whereas the ip(7) command gives the
ability to add several IP addresses per interface (not speaking of the
old "eth0:1" notiation, which is said to be deprecated).
Thanks in advance for any help / explanation or pointer.
Regards
FiX
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François-Xavier 'FiX' KOWALSKI
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