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Haibo Huang | 165065a | 2018-07-23 17:26:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | .TH PCAP_GETERR 3PCAP "15 January 2016" |
JP Abgrall | 511eca3 | 2014-02-12 13:46:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | .SH NAME |
| 22 | pcap_geterr, pcap_perror \- get or print libpcap error message text |
| 23 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 24 | .nf |
| 25 | .ft B |
| 26 | #include <pcap/pcap.h> |
| 27 | .ft |
| 28 | .LP |
| 29 | .ft B |
| 30 | char *pcap_geterr(pcap_t *p); |
Elliott Hughes | 965a4b5 | 2017-05-15 10:37:39 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | void pcap_perror(pcap_t *p, const char *prefix); |
JP Abgrall | 511eca3 | 2014-02-12 13:46:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | .ft |
| 33 | .fi |
| 34 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
Haibo Huang | ee759ce | 2021-01-05 21:34:29 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | .BR pcap_geterr () |
JP Abgrall | 511eca3 | 2014-02-12 13:46:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | returns the error text pertaining to the last pcap library error. |
| 37 | .BR NOTE : |
| 38 | the pointer it returns will no longer point to a valid error message |
| 39 | string after the |
| 40 | .B pcap_t |
| 41 | passed to it is closed; you must use or copy the string before closing |
| 42 | the |
| 43 | .BR pcap_t . |
| 44 | .PP |
Haibo Huang | ee759ce | 2021-01-05 21:34:29 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | .BR pcap_perror () |
JP Abgrall | 511eca3 | 2014-02-12 13:46:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | prints the text of the last pcap library error on |
| 47 | .BR stderr , |
| 48 | prefixed by |
| 49 | .IR prefix . |
| 50 | .SH SEE ALSO |
Haibo Huang | ee759ce | 2021-01-05 21:34:29 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | .BR pcap (3PCAP) |