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From: dominic@csc.mgate1.cuhk.hk (Dominic Chow)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: SIOCGIFCONF vs OSIOCGIFCONF
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Date: 8 Aug 92 01:40:42 GMT
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While I port some programs onto 386BSD, it turns out that I am unable to get 
the address via the system call ioctl(...,SIOCGIFCONF,...).  Instead I can 
do so via the system call ioctl(...,OSIOCGIFCONF,...).  Can any experts tell 
me what the difference between these two?

Regards.

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