Net::Frame::Dump::Writer - tcpdump like implementation, writer mode
Contents
Attributes
The following are inherited attributes:
file
Name of the .pcap file to generate.
overwrite
Overwrites a .pcap file that already exists. Default to not.
append
Append new frames to an existing pcap file. Create it if does not exists yet.
firstLayer
Stores information about the first layer type. It is used to write .pcap file header information.
isRunning
Returns true if a call to start has been done, false otherwise or if a call to stop has been done.
Copyright And License
Copyright (c) 2006-2020, Patrice <GomoR> Auffret
You may distribute this module under the terms of the Artistic license. See LICENSE.Artistic file in the
source distribution archive.
perl v5.36.0 2022-11-19 Net::Frame::Dump::Writer(3pm)
Description
This module implements a pcap file builder. You will be able to create frames, then write them in the
pcap file format to a file.
Methods
newnew (hash)
Object constructor. You can pass attributes that will overwrite default ones. See SYNOPSIS for
default values.
start
When you want to start writing frames to the file, call this method.
stop
When you want to stop writing frames to the file, call this method.
write ({ timestamp => $value, raw => $rawFrame })
Takes a hashref as a parameter. This hashref MUST have timestamp and raw keys, with values. The raw
data will be stored to the .pcap file.
Name
Net::Frame::Dump::Writer - tcpdump like implementation, writer mode
See Also
Net::Frame::Dump
Synopsis
use Net::Frame::Dump::Writer;
my $oDump = Net::Frame::Dump::Writer->new(
file => 'new-file.pcap',
firstLayer => 'ETH',
);
$oDump->start;
$oDump->write({ timestamp => '10.10', raw => ('A' x 14) });
$oDump->stop;
