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PCAP_STATS(3) Library Functions Manual PCAP_STATS(3) 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 struct pcap_stat pointed to by its second ar- gument. 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 avail- able when reading from a ``savefile''. A struct pcap_stat has the following members: ps_recv number of packets received; ps_drop number of packets dropped because there was no room in the operating system's buffer when they arrived, because packets weren't being read fast enough; ps_ifdrop number of packets dropped by the network interface or its driver. The statistics do not behave the same way on all platforms. ps_recv might count packets whether they passed any filter set with pcap_set- filter(3) or not, or it might count only packets that pass the filter. It also might, or might not, count packets dropped because there was no room in the operating system's buffer when they arrived. ps_drop is not available on all platforms; it is zero on platforms where it's not available. If packet filtering is done in libpcap, rather than in the operating system, it would count packets that don't pass the filter. Both ps_recv and ps_drop might, or might not, count packets not yet read from the operating system and thus not yet seen by the applica- tion. ps_ifdrop might, or might not, be implemented; if it's zero, that might mean that no packets were dropped by the interface, or it might mean that the statistic is unavailable, so it should not be treated as an indication that the interface did not drop any packets. RETURN VALUE pcap_stats() returns 0 on success and returns PCAP_ERROR if there is an error or if p doesn't support packet statistics. If PCAP_ERROR is re- turned, pcap_geterr(3) or pcap_perror(3) may be called with p as an ar- gument to fetch or display the error text. SEE ALSO pcap(3) 25 July 2018 PCAP_STATS(3)