IF_FREENAMEINDEX(3P)                                POSIX Programmer's Manual                               IF_FREENAMEINDEX(3P)



PROLOG
       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (con-
       sult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface  may  not  be  implemented  on
       Linux.

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>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003  Edition,  Standard  for
       Information  Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard  is  the  referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained   online   at   http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                          IF_FREENAMEINDEX(3P)