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pcap_datalink(3pcap) [opensolaris man page]

PCAP_DATALINK(3PCAP)													      PCAP_DATALINK(3PCAP)

NAME
pcap_datalink - get the link-layer header type SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h> int pcap_datalink(pcap_t *p); DESCRIPTION
pcap_datalink() returns the link-layer header type for the live capture or ``savefile'' specified by p. SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(7) 22 August 2010 PCAP_DATALINK(3PCAP)

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PCAP_DATALINK(3)					     Library Functions Manual						  PCAP_DATALINK(3)

NAME
pcap_datalink - get the link-layer header type SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h> int pcap_datalink(pcap_t *p); DESCRIPTION
pcap_datalink() returns the link-layer header type for the live capture or ``savefile'' specified by p. It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by pcap_create() that has not yet been activated by pcap_activate(). http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html lists the values pcap_datalink() can return and describes the packet formats that correspond to those values. Do NOT assume that the packets for a given capture or ``savefile`` will have any given link-layer header type, such as DLT_EN10MB for Eth- ernet. For example, the "any" device on Linux will have a link-layer header type of DLT_LINUX_SLL even if all devices on the system at the time the "any" device is opened have some other data link type, such as DLT_EN10MB for Ethernet. RETURN VALUE
pcap_datalink() returns the link-layer header type on success and PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been cre- ated but not activated. SEE ALSO
pcap(3), pcap-linktype(7) 13 October 2013 PCAP_DATALINK(3)
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