On Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:21:45 -0500, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > This is somewhat a continuation of my previous question about max > interfaces. I wanted to know how much space I needed for a buffer using > ioctl(). Then I discovered getifaddrs()
Good, you want to use getifaddrs() and not the old ioctl() method. > But ifconfig only shows one of each interface. Why is getifaddrs() > giving me 4 lo0 and 2 iwn0? I think you'll find the clue in the value of the sa_family field of the ifa_addr field. - todd
