The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

NAME

if_freenameindex - free memory allocated by if_nameindex

SYNOPSIS

#include <net/if.h>

void if_freenameindex(struct if_nameindex *ptr);

DESCRIPTION

The if_freenameindex() function shall free the memory allocated by if_nameindex(). The ptr argument shall be a pointer that was returned by if_nameindex(). After if_freenameindex() has been called, the application shall not use the array of which ptr is the address.

RETURN VALUE

None.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

getsockopt(), if_indextoname(), if_nameindex(), if_nametoindex(), setsockopt(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <net/if.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 6. Derived from the XNS, Issue 5.2 specification.

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