PCAP_SET_RFMON(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to PCAP_SET_RFMON(3) from the Library Functions Manual 💅 this one is pcap_set_rfmon — set monitor mode for a not-yet-activated capture handle. periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole incantation is:

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_set_rfmon(pcap_t *p, int rfmon);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

pcap_set_rfmon() is the little switch that sets whether monitor mode should be set on a capture handle when the handle is activated. no cap, that's literally its whole job 🦋

If rfmon is non-zero, monitor mode will be set. Otherwise, it will not be set. that's the vibe check, and it passed ✨

🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

pcap_set_rfmon() returns 0 on success. but if you call it on a capture handle that has been activated — oops, too late bestie 😭 — it returns PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• pcap(3)
• pcap_create(3)
• pcap_activate(3)
• pcap_can_set_rfmon(3)

mwah 💖 this has been PCAP_SET_RFMON(3) from the Library Functions Manual, dated 3 January 2014 — iconic, honestly 🎀✨