NAME

link_ntoa — elementary address specification routine for link level access

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <net/if_dl.h>

char *
link_ntoa(const struct sockaddr_dl *sdl);

DESCRIPTION

The link_ntoa() function takes a link-level address and returns an ASCII string representing some of the information present, including the link level address itself, and the interface name or number, if present. This facility is experimental and is still subject to change.

RETURN VALUES

link_ntoa() always returns a NUL-terminated string.

SEE ALSO

ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

The link_ntoa() function appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.

BUGS

The returned values for link_ntoa() reside in a static memory area.

If the sdl_len field of the link socket address sdl is 0, link_ntoa() will not insert a colon before the interface address bytes.