v7 man page for pcap_open_dead

Query: pcap_open_dead

OS: v7

Section: 3pcap

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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)
Related Man Pages
pcap_open_dead(3) - freebsd
pcap_open_dead(3pcap) - mojave
pcap_dump_fopen(3pcap) - debian
pcap_dump_open(3pcap) - osx
pcap_dump_open(3pcap) - suse
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