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20 .TH PCAP_OPEN_LIVE 3PCAP "3 January 2014"
22 pcap_open_live \- open a device for capturing
26 #include <pcap/pcap.h>
31 char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
35 pcap_t *pcap_open_live(const char *device, int snaplen,
37 int promisc, int to_ms, char *errbuf);
42 is used to obtain a packet capture handle to look
43 at packets on the network.
45 is a string that specifies the network device to open; on Linux systems
46 with 2.2 or later kernels, a
50 can be used to capture packets from all interfaces.
53 specifies the snapshot length to be set on the handle.
56 specifies if the interface is to be put into promiscuous mode.
59 specifies the read timeout in milliseconds.
71 is filled in with an appropriate error message.
73 may also be set to warning text when
75 succeeds; to detect this case the caller should store a zero-length string in
79 and display the warning to the user if
81 is no longer a zero-length string.
83 is assumed to be able to hold at least
87 pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)