pcap_fileno(3pcap) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

PCAP_FILENO(3PCAP)                                    PCAP_FILENO(3PCAP)

NAME         top

       pcap_fileno - get the file descriptor for a live capture

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_fileno(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION         top

       If p refers to a network device that was opened for a live
       capture using a combination of pcap_create(3PCAP) and
       pcap_activate(3PCAP), or using pcap_open_live(3PCAP),
       pcap_fileno() returns the file descriptor from which captured
       packets are read.

       If p refers to a ``savefile'' that was opened using functions
       such as pcap_open_offline(3PCAP) or pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP), a
       ``dead'' pcap_t opened using pcap_open_dead(3PCAP), or a pcap_t
       that was created with pcap_create() but that has not yet been
       activated with pcap_activate(), it returns PCAP_ERROR.

SEE ALSO         top

       pcap(3PCAP)

COLOPHON         top

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                              25 July 2018            PCAP_FILENO(3PCAP)