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author | Cameron Katri <me@cameronkatri.com> | 2021-05-10 14:59:18 -0400 |
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diff --git a/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_datalink.3pcap.in b/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_datalink.3pcap.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2620368 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_datalink.3pcap.in @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1994, 1996, 1997 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that: (1) source code distributions +.\" retain the above copyright notice and this paragraph in its entirety, (2) +.\" distributions including binary code include the above copyright notice and +.\" this paragraph in its entirety in the documentation or other materials +.\" provided with the distribution, and (3) all advertising materials mentioning +.\" features or use of this software display the following acknowledgement: +.\" ``This product includes software developed by the University of California, +.\" Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.'' Neither the name of +.\" the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse +.\" or promote products derived from this software without specific prior +.\" written permission. +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. +.\" +.TH PCAP_DATALINK 3PCAP "7 April 2014" +.SH NAME +pcap_datalink \- get the link-layer header type +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.ft B +#include <pcap/pcap.h> +.ft +.LP +.ft B +int pcap_datalink(pcap_t *p); +.ft +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B pcap_datalink() +returns the link-layer header type for the live capture or ``savefile'' +specified by +.IR p . +.PP +It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by +.B \%pcap_create(3PCAP) +that has not yet been activated by +.BR \%pcap_activate(3PCAP) . +.PP +.I https://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html +lists the values +.B pcap_datalink() +can return and describes the packet formats that +correspond to those values. +.PP +Do +.B NOT +assume that the packets for a given capture or ``savefile`` will have +any given link-layer header type, such as +.B DLT_EN10MB +for Ethernet. For example, the "any" device on Linux will have a +link-layer header type of +.B DLT_LINUX_SLL +even if all devices on the system at the time the "any" device is opened +have some other data link type, such as +.B DLT_EN10MB +for Ethernet. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.B pcap_datalink() +returns the link-layer header type on success and +.B PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED +if called on a capture handle that has been created but not activated. +.SH SEE ALSO +pcap(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(@MAN_MISC_INFO@) |