NAME¶
pcap_setdirection - set the direction for which packets will be captured
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_setdirection(pcap_t *p, pcap_direction_t d);
DESCRIPTION¶
pcap_setdirection() is used to specify a direction that packets will be
captured.
d is one of the constants
PCAP_D_IN,
PCAP_D_OUT
or
PCAP_D_INOUT.
PCAP_D_IN will only capture packets received by
the device,
PCAP_D_OUT will only capture packets sent by the device and
PCAP_D_INOUT will capture packets received by or sent by the device.
PCAP_D_INOUT is the default setting if this function is not called.
pcap_setdirection() isn't necessarily fully supported on all platforms;
some platforms might return an error for all values, and some other platforms
might not support
PCAP_D_OUT.
This operation is not supported if a ``savefile'' is being read.
RETURN VALUE¶
pcap_setdirection() returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. If -1 is
returned,
pcap_geterr() or
pcap_perror() may be called with
p as an argument to fetch or display the error text.
SEE ALSO¶
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_geterr(3PCAP)