freebsd man page for pcap_snapshot

PCAP_SNAPSHOT(3)					     Library Functions Manual						  PCAP_SNAPSHOT(3)

NAME
       pcap_snapshot - get the snapshot length

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_snapshot(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION
       pcap_snapshot()	returns  the snapshot length specified when pcap_set_snapshot() or pcap_open_live() was called, for a live capture, or the
       snapshot length from the capture file, for a ``savefile''.

       It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by pcap_create() that has not yet been activated by pcap_activate().

RETURN VALUE
       pcap_snapshot() returns the snapshot length on success and PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been created but
       not activated.

SEE ALSO
       pcap(3)

								 17 September 2013						  PCAP_SNAPSHOT(3)