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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/libpcap/pcap_setnonblock.3pcap')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/libpcap/pcap_setnonblock.3pcap b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_setnonblock.3pcap index 37b22031d451..695912701f5c 100644 --- a/contrib/libpcap/pcap_setnonblock.3pcap +++ b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_setnonblock.3pcap @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .\" -.TH PCAP_SETNONBLOCK 3PCAP "5 April 2008" +.TH PCAP_SETNONBLOCK 3PCAP "18 October 2014" .SH NAME pcap_setnonblock, pcap_getnonblock \- set or get the state of non-blocking mode on a capture device @@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ immediately rather than blocking waiting for packets to arrive. and .B pcap_next() will not work in ``non-blocking'' mode. +.PP +When first activated with +.B pcap_activate() +or opened with +.B pcap_open_live() , +a capture handle is not in ``non-blocking mode''; a call to +.B pcap_setnonblock() +is required in order to put it into ``non-blocking'' mode. .SH RETURN VALUE .B pcap_getnonblock() returns the current ``non-blocking'' state of the capture descriptor; it |