Well, I have been running "tc" commands like "tc qdisc" or "tc class" to get some information I need on various devices and interfaces. Right now I need to implement the exact same feature in a program of mine, but I don't want to just externally call the "tc" command and read its output... So I was searching for an API to use it in my source code. My search led me to the iptc-dev and iptables-dev libraries, but those have no tutorial or how-tos so I'm kinda lost... So, that's my story and that's why I posted the initial question in this mailing list. I guess I'm gonna have to read the "tc" source codes and find a way on my own.. Sounds like fun...not :p >>> What I want to do is to write my very own program using the iptables >>> library to query the interface information >>> of various machines (queues, lost packets, total packets etc). > > I'm also not sure why you're even thinking about the 'iptables' > library - it has to do with firewall management. > Sounds like what you're wanting to query is basic interface statistics. > I would suggest looking at programs like ip (iproute / iproute2) > and/or netlink libraries (or worst case the obsolete ifconfig). > > - Maciej > -- Katia Sarsempagieva ----- Research Associate Media Networks Laboratory Institute of Networks and Telecommunications NCSR Demokritos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
