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PCAP_CREATE(3PCAP) PCAP_CREATE(3PCAP)
pcap_create - create a live capture handle
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
pcap_t *pcap_create(const char *source, char *errbuf);
pcap_create() is used to create a packet capture handle to look at
packets on the network. source is a string that specifies the
network device to open; on Linux systems with 2.2 or later kernels, a
source argument of "any" or NULL can be used to capture packets from
all interfaces.
The returned handle must be activated with pcap_activate() before
packets can be captured with it; options for the capture, such as
promiscuous mode, can be set on the handle before activating it.
pcap_create() returns a pcap_t * on success and NULL on failure. If
NULL is returned, errbuf is filled in with an appropriate error
message. errbuf is assumed to be able to hold at least
PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE chars.
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)
This page is part of the libpcap (packet capture library) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.tcpdump.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
page, see ⟨http://www.tcpdump.org/#patches⟩. This page was obtained
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3 January 2014 PCAP_CREATE(3PCAP)