// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT use futures::stream::TryStreamExt; use rtnetlink::{new_connection, Error, Handle}; use std::env; #[tokio::main] async fn main() -> Result<(), String> { let args: Vec = env::args().collect(); if args.len() != 2 { usage(); return Ok(()); } let link_name = &args[1]; let (connection, handle, _) = new_connection().unwrap(); tokio::spawn(connection); set_link_down(handle, link_name.to_string()) .await .map_err(|e| format!("{e}")) } async fn set_link_down(handle: Handle, name: String) -> Result<(), Error> { let mut links = handle.link().get().match_name(name.clone()).execute(); if let Some(link) = links.try_next().await? { handle .link() .set(link.header.index) .down() .execute() .await? } else { println!("no link link {name} found"); } Ok(()) } fn usage() { eprintln!( "usage: cargo run --example set_link_down -- Note that you need to run this program as root. Instead of running cargo as root, build the example normally: cd netlink-ip ; cargo build --example set_link_down Then find the binary in the target directory: cd ../target/debug/example ; sudo ./set_link_down " ); }