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+.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Bruce M. Simpson. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bruce M. Simpson ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bruce M. Simpson BE LIABLE
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+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd November 14, 2003
+.Dt GETIFMADDRS 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getifmaddrs
+.Nd get multicast group memberships
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/types.h
+.In sys/socket.h
+.In ifaddrs.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn getifmaddrs "struct ifmaddrs **ifmap"
+.Ft void
+.Fn freeifmaddrs "struct ifmaddrs *ifmp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getifmaddrs
+function stores a reference to a linked list of the multicast memberships
+on the local machine in the memory referenced by
+.Fa ifmap .
+The list consists of
+.Vt ifmaddrs
+structures, as defined in the include file
+.In ifaddrs.h .
+The
+.Vt ifmaddrs
+structure contains at least the following entries:
+.Bd -literal
+ struct ifmaddrs *ifma_next; /* Pointer to next struct */
+ struct sockaddr *ifma_name; /* Interface name (AF_LINK) */
+ struct sockaddr *ifma_addr; /* Multicast address */
+ struct sockaddr *ifma_lladdr; /* Link-layer translation, if any */
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The
+.Va ifma_next
+field contains a pointer to the next structure on the list.
+This field is
+.Dv NULL
+in last structure on the list.
+.Pp
+The
+.Va ifma_name
+field references an
+.Dv AF_LINK
+address structure, containing the name of the
+interface where the membership exists.
+.Pp
+The
+.Va ifma_addr
+references the address that this membership is for.
+.Pp
+The
+.Va ifma_lladdr
+field references a link-layer translation for the protocol-level address in
+.Va ifma_addr ,
+if one is set, otherwise it is
+.Dv NULL .
+.Pp
+The data returned by
+.Fn getifmaddrs
+is dynamically allocated and should be freed using
+.Fn freeifmaddrs
+when no longer needed.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Rv -std getifmaddrs
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn getifmaddrs
+may fail and set
+.Va errno
+for any of the errors specified for the library routines
+.Xr malloc 3
+or
+.Xr sysctl 3 .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sysctl 3 ,
+.Xr networking 4 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getifmaddrs
+function first appeared in
+.Fx 5.2 .
+.Sh BUGS
+If both
+.In net/if.h
+and
+.In ifaddrs.h
+are being included,
+.In net/if.h
+.Em must
+be included before
+.In ifaddrs.h .
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