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22 .TH PCAP_FINDALLDEVS 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
24 pcap_findalldevs \- get a list of capture devices
28 #include <pcap/pcap.h>
33 char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
37 int pcap_findalldevs(pcap_if_t **alldevsp, char *errbuf);
42 constructs a list of network devices that can be opened with
47 .BR pcap_open_live() .
48 (Note that there may be network devices that cannot be opened by the
50 .BR pcap_findalldevs() ,
51 because, for example, that process might not have sufficient privileges
52 to open them for capturing; if so, those devices will not appear on the
55 is set to point to the first element of the list; each element of the
58 and has the following members:
64 a pointer to the next element in the list;
66 for the last element of the list
69 a pointer to a string giving a name for the device to pass to
75 a pointer to a string giving a human-readable description of the device
78 a pointer to the first element of a list of addresses for the interface
85 set if the interface is a loopback interface
89 Each element of the list of addresses is of type
91 and has the following members:
97 a pointer to the next element in the list;
99 for the last element of the list
104 containing an address
111 that contains the netmask corresponding to the address pointed to by
119 that contains the broadcast address corresponding to the address pointed
122 may be null if the interface doesn't support broadcasts
129 that contains the destination address corresponding to the address pointed
132 may be null if the interface isn't a point-to-point interface
135 Note that not all the addresses in the list of addresses are
136 necessarily IPv4 or IPv6 addresses - you must check the
140 before interpreting the contents of the address.
142 The list of devices must be freed with
143 .BR pcap_freealldevs() .
145 .B pcap_findalldevs()
146 returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure.
149 is filled in with an appropriate error message.
151 is assumed to be able to hold at least
155 pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP),
156 pcap_open_live(3PCAP), pcap_freealldevs(3PCAP)