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32 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
36 #include <libifconfig.h>
40 main(int argc, char *argv[])
42 char *ifname, *ifactualname;
45 errx(EINVAL, "Invalid number of arguments."
46 " Only one argument is accepted, and it should be the name"
47 " of the interface to be created.");
50 /* We have a static number of arguments. Therefore we can do it simple. */
51 ifname = strdup(argv[1]);
53 printf("Requested interface name: %s\n", ifname);
55 ifconfig_handle_t *lifh = ifconfig_open();
56 if (ifconfig_create_interface(lifh, ifname, &ifactualname) == 0) {
57 printf("Successfully created interface '%s'\n", ifactualname);
65 switch (ifconfig_err_errtype(lifh)) {
67 warnx("couldn't create socket. This shouldn't happen.\n");
70 if (ifconfig_err_ioctlreq(lifh) == SIOCIFCREATE2) {
72 "Failed to create interface (SIOCIFCREATE2)\n");
77 "This is a thorough example accommodating for temporary"
78 " 'not implemented yet' errors. That's likely what happened"
79 " now. If not, your guess is as good as mine. ;)"
80 " Error code: %d\n", ifconfig_err_errno(