pcap_setdirection(3PCAP) man page
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pcap_setdirection - set the direction for which packets will be captured
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h> int pcap_setdirection(pcap_t *p, pcap_direction_t d);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_setdirection()
is used to specify a direction that packets will be captured.
d
is one of the constants
PCAP_D_IN,
PCAP_D_OUT
or
PCAP_D_INOUT.
PCAP_D_IN
will only capture packets received by the device,
PCAP_D_OUT
will only capture packets sent by the device and
PCAP_D_INOUT
will capture packets received by or sent by the device.
PCAP_D_INOUT
is the default setting if this function is not called.
pcap_setdirection() isn't necessarily fully supported on all platforms; some platforms might return an error for all values, and some other platforms might not support PCAP_D_OUT.
This operation is not supported if a ``savefile'' is being read.
RETURN VALUE
pcap_setdirection()
returns
0
on success and
PCAP_ERROR
on failure. If
PCAP_ERROR
is returned,
pcap_geterr(3PCAP)
or
pcap_perror(3PCAP)
may be called with
p
as an argument to fetch or display the error text.
SEE ALSO
COLOPHON
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