Allow to retrieve original interface name via ifconfig_get_orig_name() #52
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…ces). Taken from: https://github.com/caladri/bsdplus/blob/master/lib/libifplus/ifname2dev.c Submitted by: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
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What's the equivalent operation using command line? |
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I'm not sure if there is any such command exists; 'ifinfo' tool (in tools/tools/ifinfo) just displays it in parentheses (e.g., 'Interface lo0 (lo0)). |
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Thanks for the contribution! |
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This approach uses net.link sysctl (may be suboptimal with many interfaces in system, but utilizes existing kernel functionality).
There is no MIT license header (since the code is rewritten part of head/tools/tools/ifinfo/ifinfo.c, I think this should be mentioned somehow).