finding rx_bytes and tx_bytes

[Mike Wooding]

--- kanhu rauta <kanhu2004 at rediffmail.com> wrote:
> i am using fedora with kernel version 2.6.9-1.667.
> i want to know the total bytes received(RX packets) and total bytes
> transmitted (TX packets) on a particular interface.
> i have found that there is a structure " strcut net_device_stats",
> which is declared in "/usr/include/linux/netdevice.h" keeps the
> information of rx_bytes ant tx_bytes.
> how i 'll access this structure in my c program.
> what are the system calls available in linux to access this
> structure.

 ifconfig may be what you need.
 ip (man ip will direct you to documentation) may
 tell you more.


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