debian man page for pcap_open_dead

PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3PCAP)													     PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3PCAP)

NAME
       pcap_open_dead - open a fake pcap_t for compiling filters or opening a capture for output

SYNOPSIS
       #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(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(7)

								   5 April 2008 					     PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3PCAP)