2 * Utilities for capture user interfaces
6 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
8 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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34 #include <epan/prefs.h>
35 #include "capture-pcap-util.h"
36 #include "capture_ui_utils.h"
39 * Find user-specified capture device description that matches interface
43 capture_dev_user_descr_find(const gchar *if_name)
51 if (prefs.capture_devices_descr == NULL) {
52 /* There are no descriptions. */
56 if ((p = strstr(prefs.capture_devices_descr, if_name)) == NULL) {
57 /* There are, but there isn't one for this interface. */
62 /* error: ran into next interface description */
65 /* found left parenthesis, start of description */
69 /* skip over left parenthesis */
71 /* save pointer to beginning of description */
76 /* end of description */
85 if ((lp == 1) && (ct > 0) && (p2 != NULL)) {
86 /* Allocate enough space to return the string,
87 which runs from p2 to p, plus a terminating
89 descr = g_malloc(p - p2 + 1);
90 memcpy(descr, p2, p - p2);
99 * Return as descriptive a name for an interface as we can get.
100 * If the user has specified a comment, use that. Otherwise,
101 * if get_interface_list() supplies a description, use that,
102 * otherwise use the interface name.
105 get_interface_descriptive_name(const char *if_name)
113 /* Do we have a user-supplied description? */
114 descr = capture_dev_user_descr_find(if_name);
116 /* Yes - make a copy of that. */
117 descr = g_strdup(descr);
119 /* No, we don't have a user-supplied description; did we get
120 one from the OS or libpcap? */
122 if_list = get_interface_list(&err, NULL);
123 if (if_list != NULL) {
126 if_info = if_entry->data;
127 if (strcmp(if_info->name, if_name) == 0) {
128 if (if_info->description != NULL) {
129 /* Return a copy of that - when we free the interface
130 list, that'll also free up the strings to which
132 descr = g_strdup(if_info->description);
136 } while ((if_entry = g_list_next(if_entry)) != NULL);
138 free_interface_list(if_list);
141 /* The interface name is all we have, so just return a copy of that. */
142 descr = g_strdup(if_name);
150 /* search interface info by interface name */
152 search_info(GList *if_list, gchar *if_name)
158 for (if_entry = if_list; if_entry != NULL; if_entry = g_list_next(if_entry)) {
159 if_info = if_entry->data;
161 if(strcmp(if_name, if_info->name) == 0) {
170 /* build the string to display in the combo box for the given interface */
172 build_capture_combo_name(GList *if_list, gchar *if_name)
179 /* Do we have a user-supplied description? */
180 descr = capture_dev_user_descr_find(if_name);
182 /* Yes, we have a user-supplied description; use it. */
183 if_string = g_strdup_printf("%s: %s", descr, if_name);
186 /* No, we don't have a user-supplied description; did we get
187 one from the OS or libpcap? */
188 if_info = search_info(if_list, if_name);
189 if (if_info && if_info->description != NULL) {
191 if_string = g_strdup_printf("%s: %s", if_info->description,
195 if_string = g_strdup(if_name);
204 build_capture_combo_list(GList *if_list, gboolean do_hide)
213 if (if_list != NULL) {
214 /* Scan through the list and build a list of strings to display. */
215 for (if_entry = if_list; if_entry != NULL;
216 if_entry = g_list_next(if_entry)) {
217 if_info = if_entry->data;
219 /* Is this interface hidden and, if so, should we include it
221 if (prefs.capture_devices_hide == NULL ||
222 strstr(prefs.capture_devices_hide, if_info->name) == NULL ||
224 /* It's not hidden, or it is but we should include it in the list. */
226 /* Do we have a user-supplied description? */
227 descr = capture_dev_user_descr_find(if_info->name);
229 /* Yes, we have a user-supplied description; use it. */
230 if_string = g_strdup_printf("%s: %s", descr, if_info->name);
233 /* No, we don't have a user-supplied description; did we get
234 one from the OS or libpcap? */
235 if (if_info->description != NULL) {
237 if_string = g_strdup_printf("%s: %s", if_info->description,
241 if_string = g_strdup(if_info->name);
244 combo_list = g_list_append(combo_list, if_string);
252 free_if_string(gpointer data, gpointer user_data _U_)
258 free_capture_combo_list(GList *combo_list)
260 if (combo_list != NULL) {
261 g_list_foreach(combo_list, free_if_string, NULL);
262 g_list_free(combo_list);
267 * Given text that contains an interface name possibly prefixed by an
268 * interface description, extract the interface name.
271 get_if_name(const char *if_text)
277 * We cannot assume that the interface name doesn't contain a space;
278 * some names on Windows OT do.
280 * We also can't assume it begins with "\Device\", either, as, on
281 * Windows OT, WinPcap doesn't put "\Device\" in front of the name.
283 * As I remember, we can't assume that the interface description
284 * doesn't contain a colon, either; I think some do.
286 * We can probably assume that the interface *name* doesn't contain
287 * a colon, however; if any interface name does contain a colon on
288 * Windows, it'll be time to just get rid of the damn interface
289 * descriptions in the drop-down list, have just the names in the
290 * drop-down list, and have a "Browse..." button to browse for interfaces,
291 * with names, descriptions, IP addresses, blah blah blah available when
294 * So we search backwards for a colon. If we don't find it, just
295 * return the entire string; otherwise, skip the colon and any blanks
296 * after it, and return that string.
298 if_name = if_text + strlen(if_text);
300 if (if_name == if_text) {
301 /* We're at the beginning of the string; return it. */
305 if (*if_name == ':') {
307 * We've found a colon.
308 * Unfortunately, a colon is used in the string "rpcap://",
309 * which is used in case of a remote capture.
310 * So we'll check to make sure the colon isn't followed by "//";
311 * it'll be followed by a blank if it separates the description
312 * and the interface name. (We don't wire in "rpcap", in case we
313 * support other protocols in the same syntax.)
315 if (strncmp(if_name, "://", 3) != 0) {
317 * OK, we've found a colon not followed by "//". Skip blanks
321 while (*if_name == ' ')
326 /* Keep looking for a colon not followed by "//". */
330 * There's a space between the interface description and name, and
331 * the interface name shouldn't have a space in it (it doesn't, on
332 * UNIX systems); look backwards in the string for a space.
334 * (An interface name might, however, contain a colon in it, which
335 * is why we don't use the colon search on UNIX.)
337 if_name = strrchr(if_text, ' ');
338 if (if_name == NULL) {
347 #endif /* HAVE_LIBPCAP */