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PCAP_CLOSE(3PCAP)														 PCAP_CLOSE(3PCAP)

NAME
pcap_close - close a capture device or savefile SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h> void pcap_close(pcap_t *p); DESCRIPTION
pcap_close() closes the files associated with p and deallocates resources. SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP) 3 January 2014 PCAP_CLOSE(3PCAP)

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PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3PCAP)													     PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3PCAP)

NAME
pcap_open_dead, pcap_open_dead_with_tstamp_precision - 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); pcap_t *pcap_open_dead_with_tstamp_precision(int linktype, int snaplen, u_int precision); DESCRIPTION
pcap_open_dead() and pcap_open_dead_with_tstamp_precision() are used for creating a pcap_t structure to use when calling the other func- tions in libpcap. It is typically used when just using libpcap for compiling BPF code; it can also be used if using pcap_dump_open(), pcap_dump(), and pcap_dump_close() to write a savefile if there is no pcap_t that supplies the packets to be written. linktype specifies the link-layer type for the pcap_t. snaplen specifies the snapshot length for the pcap_t. When pcap_open_dead_with_tstamp_precision(), is used to create a pcap_t for use with pcap_dump_open(), precision specifies the time stamp precision for packets; PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_MICRO should be specified if the packets to be written have time stamps in seconds and microseconds, and PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NANO should be specified if the packets to be written have time stamps in seconds and nanoseconds. Its value does not affect pcap_compile(). SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_compile(3PCAP), pcap_dump_open(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(7) 3 January 2014 PCAP_OPEN_DEAD(3PCAP)
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