linux man page for pcap_set_datalink

Query: pcap_set_datalink

OS: linux

Section: 3pcap

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PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3PCAP)												  PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3PCAP)

NAME
pcap_set_datalink - set the link-layer header type to be used by a capture device
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h> int pcap_set_datalink(pcap_t *p, int dlt);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_set_datalink() is used to set the current link-layer header type of the pcap descriptor to the type specified by dlt.
RETURN VALUE
pcap_set_datalink() returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. If -1 is returned, pcap_geterr() or pcap_perror() may be called with p as an argument to fetch or display the error text.
SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_geterr(3PCAP), pcap_datalink_name_to_val(3PCAP) 22 August 2010 PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3PCAP)
Related Man Pages
pcap_free_datalinks(3pcap) - debian
pcap_list_datalinks(3pcap) - debian
pcap_list_datalinks(3pcap) - osx
pcap_free_datalinks(3pcap) - plan9
pcap_free_datalinks(3pcap) - php
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