pcap_open_offline(3pcap) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

PCAP_OPEN_OFFLINE(3PCAP)                        PCAP_OPEN_OFFLINE(3PCAP)

NAME         top

       pcap_open_offline, pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision,
       pcap_fopen_offline, pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision -
       open a saved capture file for reading

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];

       pcap_t *pcap_open_offline(const char *fname, char *errbuf);
       pcap_t *pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision(const char *fname,
           u_int precision, char *errbuf);
       pcap_t *pcap_fopen_offline(FILE *fp, char *errbuf);
       pcap_t *pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision(FILE *fp,
           u_int precision, char *errbuf);

DESCRIPTION         top

       pcap_open_offline() and pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision()
       are called to open a ``savefile'' for reading.

       fname specifies the name of the file to open. The file can have
       the pcap file format as described in pcap-savefile(5), which is
       the file format used by, among other programs, tcpdump(1) and
       tcpslice(1), or can have the pcapng file format, although not all
       pcapng files can be read.  The name "-" is a synonym for stdin.

       pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision() takes an additional
       precision argument specifying the time stamp precision desired;
       if PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_MICRO is specified, packet time stamps
       will be supplied in seconds and microseconds, and if
       PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NANO is specified, packet time stamps will
       be supplied in seconds and nanoseconds.  If the time stamps in
       the file do not have the same precision as the requested
       precision, they will be scaled up or down as necessary before
       being supplied.

       Alternatively, you may call pcap_fopen_offline() or
       pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision() to read dumped data
       from an existing open stream fp.
       pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision() takes an additional
       precision argument as described above.  Note that on Windows,
       that stream should be opened in binary mode.

       errbuf is a buffer large enough to hold at least PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE
       chars.

RETURN VALUE         top

       pcap_open_offline(), pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision(),
       pcap_fopen_offline(), and
       pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision() return a pcap_t * on
       success and NULL on failure.  If NULL is returned, errbuf is
       filled in with an appropriate error message.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY         top

       pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision() and
       pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision() became available in
       libpcap release 1.5.1.  In previous releases, time stamps from a
       savefile are always given in seconds and microseconds.

SEE ALSO         top

       pcap(3PCAP), pcap-savefile(5)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the libpcap (packet capture library)
       project.  Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨http://www.tcpdump.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this
       manual page, see ⟨http://www.tcpdump.org/#patches⟩.  This page
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                             23 August 2018     PCAP_OPEN_OFFLINE(3PCAP)