NAME¶
pcap_open_live - open a device for capturing
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
pcap_t *pcap_open_live(const char *device, int snaplen,
int promisc, int to_ms, char *errbuf);
DESCRIPTION¶
pcap_open_live() is used to obtain a packet capture handle to look at
packets on the network.
device is a string that specifies the network
device to open; on Linux systems with 2.2 or later kernels, a
device
argument of "any" or
NULL can be used to capture packets from
all interfaces.
snaplen specifies the snapshot length to be set on the handle.
promisc specifies if the interface is to be put into promiscuous mode.
to_ms specifies the read timeout in milliseconds.
RETURN VALUE¶
pcap_open_live() returns a
pcap_t * on success and
NULL on
failure. If
NULL is returned,
errbuf is filled in with an
appropriate error message.
errbuf may also be set to warning text when
pcap_open_live() succeeds; to detect this case the caller should store
a zero-length string in
errbuf before calling
pcap_open_live()
and display the warning to the user if
errbuf is no longer a
zero-length string.
errbuf is assumed to be able to hold at least
PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE chars.
SEE ALSO¶
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)