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💖 knet_get_transport_id_by_name(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kronosnet Programmer's Manual ✨ this one is knet_get_transport_id_by_name, and it's literally the little glow-up where you hand over a transport's name and it hands you back the ID. matchmaker energy fr fr 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

knet_get_transport_id_by_name — Get a transport ID from its name. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <libknet.h>

uint8_t knet_get_transport_id_by_name(
    const char   *name
);

yes queen, one argument, uint8_t out the other side. clean. iconic. no notes. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

knet_get_transport_id_by_name

• name — transport name (UDP/SCTP/etc)

so like... you give it the name of a transport, and it gives you back the ID. that's the whole plot. UDP, SCTP, etc — whatever you've got going on in there 🍓

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🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

the page says knet_get_transport_name_by_id returns:

• KNET_MAX_TRANSPORTS on error and errno is set accordingly 😭 (yeah, it's an error, go check errno, she's telling you what went wrong)
• KNET_TRANSPORT_xxx on success. slay 💖

ngl the error case is KNET_MAX_TRANSPORTS, which is highkey not the answer you wanted, so always vibe-check errno when you see it. periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole girl squad, in order, no one left behind 🫶:

• knet_handle_remove_datafd(3), knet_handle_get_stats(3)
• knet_host_add(3), knet_handle_pmtud_setfreq(3)
• knet_handle_pmtud_get(3), knet_handle_crypto_use_config(3)
• knet_host_get_id_by_host_name(3), knet_host_get_status(3)
• knet_link_add_acl(3), knet_link_get_pong_count(3)
• knet_link_get_priority(3), knet_handle_free(3)
• knet_handle_enable_sock_notify(3), knet_handle_get_datafd(3)
• knet_recv(3), knet_link_get_ping_timers(3)
• knet_log_get_subsystem_id(3), knet_host_remove(3)
• knet_host_enable_status_change_notify(3), knet_strtoaddr(3)
• knet_link_rm_acl(3), knet_send(3), knet_handle_enable_pmtud_notify(3)
• knet_get_crypto_cipher_list(3)
• knet_handle_get_transport_reconnect_interval(3)
• knet_link_get_enable(3), knet_link_set_priority(3)
• knet_log_set_loglevel(3), knet_handle_get_channel(3)
• knet_link_get_config(3), knet_link_get_link_list(3)
• knet_get_crypto_hash_list(3), knet_get_transport_list(3)
• knet_log_get_loglevel_id(3), knet_handle_new_ex(3)
• knet_host_set_name(3), knet_addrtostr(3), knet_handle_setfwd(3)
• knet_get_compress_list(3), knet_host_set_policy(3)
• knet_get_transport_name_by_id(3), knet_handle_enable_filter(3)
• knet_handle_crypto_rx_clear_traffic(3), knet_handle_compress(3)
• knet_link_get_status(3), knet_handle_add_datafd(3), knet_send_sync(3)
• knet_log_get_loglevel_name(3), knet_handle_enable_access_lists(3)
• knet_host_get_host_list(3), knet_host_get_policy(3)
• knet_link_set_enable(3), knet_link_set_pong_count(3)
• knet_log_get_subsystem_name(3), knet_host_get_name_by_host_id(3)
• knet_link_clear_config(3), knet_log_get_loglevel(3), knet_handle_new(3)
• knet_handle_pmtud_getfreq(3), knet_handle_pmtud_set(3)
• knet_handle_clear_stats(3), knet_link_set_config(3)
• knet_handle_crypto_set_config(3), knet_handle_crypto(3)
• knet_get_crypto_list(3)
• knet_handle_set_transport_reconnect_interval(3), knet_link_clear_acl(3)
• knet_link_set_ping_timers(3), knet_handle_setprio_dscp(3)
• knet_link_insert_acl(3)

iykyk, go read them all, they're all icons 🌈

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.

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kronosnet · 2026-07-20 — that's the version and the date bestie, and that's a wrap 💜 thank you for coming to my ted talk, go get that transport ID 🧚✨