2 * Synchronisation between Ethereal capture parent and child instances
6 * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
8 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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28 * Sync mode capture (internal interface).
30 * Will start a new Ethereal child instance which will do the actual capture
34 #ifndef __CAPTURE_SYNC_H__
35 #define __CAPTURE_SYNC_H__
39 * Start a new capture session.
40 * Create a capture child which is doing the real capture work.
41 * The various capture_input_... functions will be called, if something had
44 * Most of the parameters are passed through the global capture_opts.
46 * @param capture_opts the options
47 * @return TRUE if a capture could be started, FALSE if not
50 sync_pipe_start(capture_options *capture_opts);
52 /** User wants to stop capturing, gracefully close the capture child */
54 sync_pipe_stop(capture_options *capture_opts);
56 /** User wants to stop the program, just kill the child as soon as possible */
58 sync_pipe_kill(capture_options *capture_opts);
60 /** does the parent signalled the child to stop */
63 signal_pipe_check_running(void);
66 #endif /* capture_sync.h */