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diff --git a/contrib/libpcap/pcap_can_set_rfmon.3pcap b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_can_set_rfmon.3pcap new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..be03956bb955 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_can_set_rfmon.3pcap @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" 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_CAN_SET_RFMON 3PCAP "31 July 2016" +.SH NAME +pcap_can_set_rfmon \- check whether monitor mode can be set for a +not-yet-activated capture handle +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.ft B +#include <pcap/pcap.h> +.LP +.ft B +int pcap_can_set_rfmon(pcap_t *p); +.ft +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR pcap_can_set_rfmon () +checks whether monitor mode could be set on a capture handle when +the handle is activated. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.BR pcap_can_set_rfmon () +returns +.B 0 +if monitor mode could not be set, +.B 1 +if monitor mode could be set, and a negative value on error. +A negative return value indicates what error condition occurred. +The possible error values are: +.TP +.B PCAP_ERROR_NO_SUCH_DEVICE +The capture source specified when the handle was created doesn't +exist. +.TP +.B PCAP_ERROR_PERM_DENIED +The process doesn't have permission to check whether monitor mode +could be supported. +.TP +.B PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED +The capture handle has already been activated. +.TP +.B PCAP_ERROR +Another error occurred. +.BR pcap_geterr (3PCAP) +or +.BR \%pcap_perror (3PCAP) +may be called with +.I p +as an argument to fetch or display a message describing the error. +.LP +Additional error codes may be added in the future; a program should +check for +.BR 0 , +.BR 1 , +and negative, return codes, and treat all negative +return codes as errors. +.BR pcap_statustostr (3PCAP) +can be called, with a warning or error code as an argument, to fetch a +message describing the warning or error code. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pcap (3PCAP), +.BR pcap_create (3PCAP), +.BR pcap_activate (3PCAP), +.BR pcap_set_rfmon (3PCAP) |
