NAME


pcap_stats - get capture statistics

SYNOPSIS


#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_stats(pcap_t *p, struct pcap_stat *ps);

DESCRIPTION


pcap_stats() fills in the pcap_stat structure pointed to by its second argument. The values represent packet statistics from the start of the run to the time of the call.

pcap_stats() is supported only on live captures, not on ‘‘savefiles’’; no statistics are stored in ‘‘savefiles’’, so no statistics are available when reading from a ‘‘savefile’’.

RETURN VALUE


pcap_stats() returns 0 on success and returns -1 if there is an error or the p doesn’t support packet statistics. If -1 is returned, pcap_geterr() or pcap_perror() may be called with p as an argument to fetch or display the error text.

SEE ALSO


pcap(3), pcap_geterr(3)

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