Stopping packet capture on a libpcap descriptor

[Fernando Gont <fernando () gont com ar>]

Folks,

Is there a recommended way to momentarily stop packet capture on a
libpcap descriptor?

Basically, I have a program that does this:

1. Captures and sends some packets
2. Does something else
3. Captures and sends some packets

I'd like to use the same libpcap descriptor (pcap_t *) for both Step 1
and step 2 above, but I don't want want libpcap to continue capturing
packets while the program is in step 3.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
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Fernando Gont
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