PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3) | FreeBSD Library Functions Manual | PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3) |
NAME
pcap_open_dead - open a fake pcap_t for compiling filters or opening a capture for outputSYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
pcap_t *pcap_open_dead(int linktype, int snaplen);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_open_dead() is used for creating a pcap_t structure to use when calling the other functions in libpcap. It is typically used when just using libpcap for compiling BPF code.linktype specifies the link-layer type for the pcap_t.
snaplen specifies the snapshot length for the pcap_t.
SEE ALSO
pcap(3), pcap-linktype(7)5 April 2008 |