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authorrpaulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org>2009-03-21 22:58:08 +0000
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+.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_findalldevs.3pcap,v 1.1.2.3 2008-04-06 03:21:55 guy Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1994, 1996, 1997
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that: (1) source code distributions
+.\" retain the above copyright notice and this paragraph in its entirety, (2)
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+.\" features or use of this software display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" ``This product includes software developed by the University of California,
+.\" Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.'' Neither the name of
+.\" the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse
+.\" or promote products derived from this software without specific prior
+.\" written permission.
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+.\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+.\"
+.TH PCAP_FINDALLDEVS 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
+.SH NAME
+pcap_findalldevs \- get a list of capture devices
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.ft B
+#include <pcap/pcap.h>
+.ft
+.LP
+.nf
+.ft B
+char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
+.ft
+.LP
+.ft B
+int pcap_findalldevs(pcap_if_t **alldevsp, char *errbuf);
+.ft
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pcap_findalldevs()
+constructs a list of network devices that can be opened with
+.B pcap_create()
+and
+.B pcap_activate()
+or with
+.BR pcap_open_live() .
+(Note that there may be network devices that cannot be opened by the
+process calling
+.BR pcap_findalldevs() ,
+because, for example, that process might not have sufficient privileges
+to open them for capturing; if so, those devices will not appear on the
+list.)
+.I alldevsp
+is set to point to the first element of the list; each element of the
+list is of type
+.BR pcap_if_t ,
+and has the following members:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B next
+if not
+.BR NULL ,
+a pointer to the next element in the list;
+.B NULL
+for the last element of the list
+.TP
+.B name
+a pointer to a string giving a name for the device to pass to
+.B pcap_open_live()
+.TP
+.B description
+if not
+.BR NULL ,
+a pointer to a string giving a human-readable description of the device
+.TP
+.B addresses
+a pointer to the first element of a list of addresses for the interface
+.TP
+.B flags
+interface flags:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B PCAP_IF_LOOPBACK
+set if the interface is a loopback interface
+.RE
+.RE
+.PP
+Each element of the list of addresses is of type
+.BR pcap_addr_t ,
+and has the following members:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B next
+if not
+.BR NULL ,
+a pointer to the next element in the list;
+.B NULL
+for the last element of the list
+.TP
+.B addr
+a pointer to a
+.B "struct sockaddr"
+containing an address
+.TP
+.B netmask
+if not
+.BR NULL ,
+a pointer to a
+.B "struct sockaddr"
+that contains the netmask corresponding to the address pointed to by
+.B addr
+.TP
+.B broadaddr
+if not
+.BR NULL ,
+a pointer to a
+.B "struct sockaddr"
+that contains the broadcast address corresponding to the address pointed
+to by
+.BR addr ;
+may be null if the interface doesn't support broadcasts
+.TP
+.B dstaddr
+if not
+.BR NULL ,
+a pointer to a
+.B "struct sockaddr"
+that contains the destination address corresponding to the address pointed
+to by
+.BR addr ;
+may be null if the interface isn't a point-to-point interface
+.RE
+.PP
+Note that not all the addresses in the list of addresses are
+necessarily IPv4 or IPv6 addresses - you must check the
+.B sa_family
+member of the
+.B "struct sockaddr"
+before interpreting the contents of the address.
+.PP
+The list of devices must be freed with
+.BR pcap_freealldevs() .
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.B pcap_findalldevs()
+returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure.
+If \-1 is returned,
+.I errbuf
+is filled in with an appropriate error message.
+.I errbuf
+is assumed to be able to hold at least
+.B PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE
+chars.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP),
+pcap_open_live(3PCAP), pcap_freealldevs(3PCAP)
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