using C code to get same info as ifconfig

Question

Is there a way in Linux, using C code, to get the same information that \"ifconfig eth0\" would return? I\'m interested in things like IP address, link status, and MAC addr

Answer 1

Here is how I get MAC and MTU in my code:

void getMACAddress(std::string _iface,unsigned char MAC[6]) {
        int fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
        struct ifreq ifr;
        ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
        strncpy(ifr.ifr_name , _iface.c_str() , IFNAMSIZ-1);
        ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr);
        for(unsigned int i=0;i<6;i++)
            MAC[i] = ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[i];
        ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFMTU, &ifr);
        close(fd);
        printf("MTU: %d\n",ifr.ifr_mtu);
        printf("MAC:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x\n",MAC[0],MAC[1],MAC[2],MAC[3],MAC[4],MAC[5]);
    }