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- <p class="level0"><a name="NAME"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">NAME</h2>
- <p class="level0">pcap_open_live - open a device for capturing <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SYNOPSIS</h2>
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- #include <pcap/pcap.h>
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- char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
- pcap_t *pcap_open_live(const char *device, int snaplen,
- int promisc, int to_ms, char *errbuf);
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- <p class="level0"><a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DESCRIPTION</h2>
- <p class="level0"><span Class="bold">pcap_open_live</span>() is used to obtain a packet capture handle to look at packets on the network. <span Class="emphasis">device</span> is a string that specifies the network device to open; on Linux systems with 2.2 or later kernels, a <span Class="emphasis">device</span> argument of "any" or <span Class="bold">NULL</span> can be used to capture packets from all interfaces.
- <p class="level0"><span Class="emphasis">snaplen</span> specifies the snapshot length to be set on the handle.
- <p class="level0"><span Class="emphasis">promisc</span> specifies whether the interface is to be put into promiscuous mode. If <span Class="emphasis">promisc</span> is non-zero, promiscuous mode will be set, otherwise it will not be set.
- <p class="level0"><span Class="emphasis">to_ms</span> specifies the packet buffer timeout, as a non-negative value, in milliseconds. (See <a Class="bold" href="./pcap.html">pcap</a>(3PCAP) for an explanation of the packet buffer timeout.) <a name="RETURN"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">RETURN VALUE</h2>
- <p class="level0"><span Class="bold">pcap_open_live</span>() returns a <span Class="emphasis">pcap_t *</span> on success and <span Class="bold">NULL</span> on failure. If <span Class="bold">NULL</span> is returned, <span Class="emphasis">errbuf</span> is filled in with an appropriate error message. <span Class="emphasis">errbuf</span> may also be set to warning text when <span Class="bold">pcap_open_live</span>() succeeds; to detect this case the caller should store a zero-length string in <span Class="emphasis">errbuf</span> before calling <span Class="bold">pcap_open_live</span>() and display the warning to the user if <span Class="emphasis">errbuf</span> is no longer a zero-length string. <span Class="emphasis">errbuf</span> is assumed to be able to hold at least <span Class="bold">PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE</span> chars. <a name="SEE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SEE ALSO</h2>
- <p class="level0"><a Class="bold" href="./pcap_create.html">pcap_create</a>(3PCAP), <a Class="bold" href="./pcap_activate.html">pcap_activate</a>(3PCAP) <p class="roffit">
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