How to get local IPv6 addresses (LSB compliance)

Question

ioctl does not work with IPv6.

getifaddres - unsupported by LSB

netlink sockets - unsupported by LSB

Any ideas?

Could you describe your problem more thoroughly and clearly show what you have tried and what output you get when you try it? — The Unfun Cat, Oct 04 '12 at 12:24

Steve-o · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-03T14:07:37.283

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1) It may be after LSB version 4.1:

https://lsbbugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2143

2) Parsing the /proc/net tree.

3) Use the POSIX.1-2001 API getaddrinfo but support is rather limited compared with Win32 which explicitly details the operation to enumerate interfaces.

edited Oct 03 '12 at 14:07

answered Oct 03 '12 at 14:02

Steve-o

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1. I couldn't find ifaddrs.h in LSB 4.1 core general document. – Yury Bushev Oct 04 '12 at 05:54
3. It is possible to get addresses using getaddrinfo only? – Yury Bushev Oct 04 '12 at 05:55

How to get local IPv6 addresses (LSB compliance)

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