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diff --git a/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_setdirection.3pcap b/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_setdirection.3pcap new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f174b98 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_setdirection.3pcap @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.\" 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_SETDIRECTION 3PCAP "25 July 2018" +.SH NAME +pcap_setdirection \- set the direction for which packets will be captured +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.ft B +#include <pcap/pcap.h> +.ft +.LP +.ft B +int pcap_setdirection(pcap_t *p, pcap_direction_t d); +.ft +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B pcap_setdirection() +is used to specify a direction that packets will be captured. +.I d +is one of the constants +.BR PCAP_D_IN , +.B PCAP_D_OUT +or +.BR PCAP_D_INOUT . +.B PCAP_D_IN +will only capture packets received by the device, +.B PCAP_D_OUT +will only capture packets sent by the device and +.B PCAP_D_INOUT +will capture packets received by or sent by the device. +.B PCAP_D_INOUT +is the default setting if this function is not called. +.PP +.B 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 +.BR PCAP_D_OUT . +.PP +This operation is not supported if a ``savefile'' is being read. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.B pcap_setdirection() +returns 0 on success and +.B PCAP_ERROR +on failure. If +.B PCAP_ERROR +is returned, +.B pcap_geterr(3PCAP) +or +.B pcap_perror(3PCAP) +may be called with +.I p +as an argument to fetch or display the error text. +.SH SEE ALSO +pcap(3PCAP) |