xref: /freebsd/share/examples/libifconfig/ifcreate.c (revision b3e7694832e81d7a904a10f525f8797b753bf0d3)

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2016-2017, Marie Helene Kvello-Aune
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#include <err.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <libifconfig.h>


int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	char *ifname, *ifactualname;
	ifconfig_handle_t *lifh;

	if (argc != 2) {
		errx(EINVAL, "Invalid number of arguments."
		    " Only one argument is accepted, and it should be the name"
		    " of the interface to be created.");
	}

	/* We have a static number of arguments. Therefore we can do it simple. */
	ifname = strdup(argv[1]);

	printf("Requested interface name: %s\n", ifname);

	lifh = ifconfig_open();
	if (lifh == NULL) {
		errx(ENOMEM, "Failed to open libifconfig handle.");
		return (-1);
	}

	if (ifconfig_create_interface(lifh, ifname, &ifactualname) == 0) {
		printf("Successfully created interface '%s'\n", ifactualname);
		ifconfig_close(lifh);
		lifh = NULL;
		free(ifname);
		free(ifactualname);
		return (0);
	}

	switch (ifconfig_err_errtype(lifh)) {
	case SOCKET:
		warnx("couldn't create socket. This shouldn't happen.\n");
		break;
	case IOCTL:
		if (ifconfig_err_ioctlreq(lifh) == SIOCIFCREATE2) {
			warnx(
				"Failed to create interface (SIOCIFCREATE2)\n");
		}
		break;
	default:
		warnx(
			"This is a thorough example accommodating for temporary"
			" 'not implemented yet' errors. That's likely what happened"
			" now. If not, your guess is as good as mine. ;)"
			" Error code: %d\n", ifconfig_err_errno(
				lifh));
		break;
	}

	ifconfig_close(lifh);
	lifh = NULL;
	free(ifname);
	free(ifactualname);
	return (-1);
}