Re: A better way to get driver stats than parsing /proc/net/dev ?

["Rask Ingemann Lambertsen" <rask@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:26:57 -0700, Ben Greear wrote
> Jason Lunz wrote:
> > greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
> > 
> >>Is there an ioctl or some other binary means of getting the info that
> >>/proc/net/dev provides?
> > 
> > You can do it with netlink sockets. See print_linkinfo() in the iproute2
> > code.
> 
> Seems that a lot of code is needed just to read the stats :(

Maybe it is easier to parse the output from "ip -s -s link show [iface]". At 
least you get all the counters, which you don't from /proc/net/dev.

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Regards,
Rask Ingemann Lambertsen