Linux下获取本地IP地址--------getifaddrs

  今天在看sheepdog的时候发现了getifaddrs（）这个接口，它可以查找到系统所有的网络接口的信息，包括以太网卡接口和回环接口等。利用这个接口来获取本机的IP地址真是太方便了，原来的getaddrinfo()、ioctl()或者利用套接字方法等来获取IP地址的方法都没法跟这个接口比，不仅方便，而且也非常的强大，完全不需要绑定主机名等类似的操作。看了一下glibc的源码，它是利用netlink来实现的，所以在使用这个接口的时候一定要确保你的内核支持netlink。下面是man手册中的一个例子：

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct ifaddrs *ifaddr, *ifa;
    int family, s;
    char host[NI_MAXHOST];

    if (getifaddrs(&ifaddr) == -1) {
        perror("getifaddrs");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    /* Walk through linked list, maintaining head pointer so we
     *               can free list later */

    for (ifa = ifaddr; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
        if (ifa->ifa_addr == NULL)
            continue;

        family = ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family;

        /* Display interface name and family (including symbolic
         *                   form of the latter for the common families) */

        printf("%s  address family: %d%s\n",
                ifa->ifa_name, family,
                (family == AF_PACKET) ? " (AF_PACKET)" :
                (family == AF_INET) ?   " (AF_INET)" :
                (family == AF_INET6) ?  " (AF_INET6)" : "");

        /* For an AF_INET* interface address, display the address */

        if (family == AF_INET || family == AF_INET6) {
            s = getnameinfo(ifa->ifa_addr,
                    (family == AF_INET) ? sizeof(struct sockaddr_in) :
                    sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6),
                    host, NI_MAXHOST, NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
            if (s != 0) {
                printf("getnameinfo() failed: %s\n", gai_strerror(s));
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
            }
            printf("\taddress: <%s>\n", host);
        }
    }

    freeifaddrs(ifaddr);
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}