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diff --git a/contrib/libpcap/pcap_lookupdev.3pcap b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_lookupdev.3pcap new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d80bf5 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_lookupdev.3pcap @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_lookupdev.3pcap,v 1.1.2.3 2008-04-06 03:21:56 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) +.\" distributions including binary code include the above copyright notice and +.\" this paragraph in its entirety in the documentation or other materials +.\" provided with the distribution, and (3) all advertising materials mentioning +.\" 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_LOOKUPDEV 3PCAP "5 April 2008" +.SH NAME +pcap_lookupdev \- find the default device on which to capture +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.ft B +#include <pcap/pcap.h> +.ft +.LP +.nf +.ft B +char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE]; +.ft +.LP +.ft B +char *pcap_lookupdev(char *errbuf); +.ft +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B pcap_lookupdev() +returns a pointer to a string giving the name of a network device +suitable for use with +.B pcap_create() +and +.BR pcap_activate() , +or with +.BR pcap_open_live() , +and with +.BR pcap_lookupnet() . +If there is an error, +.B NULL +is returned and +.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_lookupnet(3PCAP) |