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

void parse_ioctl(const char *ifname)
{
    printf("%s\n", "scarf rosari...");
    int sock;
    struct ifreq ifr;
    struct sockaddr_in *ipaddr;
    char address[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
    size_t ifnamelen;

    /* copy ifname to ifr object */
    ifnamelen = strlen(ifname);
    if (ifnamelen >= sizeof(ifr.ifr_name)) {
        printf("error :%s\n", ifr.ifr_name);
        return ;
    }
    memcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifname, ifnamelen);
    ifr.ifr_name[ifnamelen] = '\0';

    /* open socket */
    sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
    if (sock < 0) {
        printf("error :%s\n", "unable to open socket..");
        return;
    }

    /* process mac */
    if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) != -1) {
        printf("Mac address: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
                (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[0],
                (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[1],
                (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[2],
                (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[3],
                (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[4],
                (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[5]);
    }

    /* process mtu */
    if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFMTU, &ifr) != -1) {
        printf("MTU: %d\n", ifr.ifr_mtu);
    }

    /* die if cannot get address */
    if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr) == -1) {
        close(sock);
        return;
    }

    /* process ip */
    ipaddr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr;
    if (inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ipaddr->sin_addr, address, sizeof(address)) != NULL) {
        printf("Ip address: %s\n", address);
    }

    /* try to get broadcast */
    if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFBRDADDR, &ifr) != -1) {
        ipaddr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_broadaddr;
        if (inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ipaddr->sin_addr, address, sizeof(address)) != NULL) {
            printf("Broadcast: %s\n", address);
        }
    }

    /* try to get mask */
    if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFNETMASK, &ifr) != -1) {
        ipaddr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_netmask;
        if (inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ipaddr->sin_addr, address, sizeof(address)) != NULL) {
            printf("Netmask: %s\n", address);
        }
    }

    close(sock);
}

usage :

parse_ioctl("eth0");