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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_findalldevs.3pcap,v 1.2 2008-04-05 20:26:56 guy Exp $
+.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_findalldevs.3pcap,v 1.3 2008-04-06 02:53:22 guy Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1994, 1996, 1997
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
.\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.\"
-.TH PCAP_FINDALLDEVS 3PCAP "4 April 2008"
+.TH PCAP_FINDALLDEVS 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
.SH NAME
pcap_findalldevs \- get a list of capture devices
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ int pcap_findalldevs(pcap_if_t **alldevsp, char *errbuf);
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pcap_findalldevs()
constructs a list of network devices that can be opened with
+.B pcap_create()
+and
+.B pcap_activate()
+or with
.BR pcap_open_live() .
-(Note that there may be network devices that cannot be opened with
-.BR pcap_open_live()
-by the
+(Note that there may be network devices that cannot be opened by the
process calling
.BR pcap_findalldevs() ,
because, for example, that process might not have sufficient privileges
@@ -150,4 +152,5 @@ is assumed to be able to hold at least
.B PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE
chars.
.SH SEE ALSO
+pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP),
pcap_open_live(3PCAP), pcap_freealldevs(3PCAP)