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PCAP_LOOKUPDEV(3PCAP) PCAP_LOOKUPDEV(3PCAP)
pcap_lookupdev - find the default device on which to capture
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
char *pcap_lookupdev(char *errbuf);
pcap_lookupdev() returns a pointer to a string giving the name of a
network device suitable for use with pcap_create() and
pcap_activate(), or with pcap_open_live(), and with pcap_lookupnet().
If there is an error, NULL is returned and 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_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP),
pcap_open_live(3PCAP), pcap_lookupnet(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_LOOKUPDEV(3PCAP)