pcap_setfilter - set the filter
#include <pcap/pcap.h> int pcap_setfilter(pcap_t *p, struct bpf_program *fp);
PCAP_SETFILTER(3pcap) PCAP_SETFILTER(3pcap)
NAME
pcap_setfilter - set the filter
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_setfilter(pcap_t *p, struct bpf_program *fp);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_setfilter() is used to specify a filter program. fp is a pointer
to a bpf_program struct, usually the result of a call to
pcap_compile(3PCAP).
RETURN VALUE
pcap_setfilter() returns 0 on success and PCAP_ERROR on failure. If
PCAP_ERROR is returned, pcap_geterr(3PCAP) or pcap_perror(3PCAP) may be
called with p as an argument to fetch or display the error text.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Availability | system/library/libpcap |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------------+
SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP)
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://www.tcpdump.org/release/libp-
cap-1.9.1.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.tcpdump.org/.
25 July 2018 PCAP_SETFILTER(3pcap)