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diff --git a/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_fileno.3pcap b/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_fileno.3pcap new file mode 100644 index 0000000..60ac129 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpcap/libpcap/pcap_fileno.3pcap @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +.\" 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_FILENO 3PCAP "25 July 2018" +.SH NAME +pcap_fileno \- get the file descriptor for a live capture +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.ft B +#include <pcap/pcap.h> +.ft +.LP +.ft B +int pcap_fileno(pcap_t *p); +.ft +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +If +.I p +refers to a network device that was opened for a live capture using +a combination of +.B pcap_create(3PCAP) +and +.BR pcap_activate(3PCAP) , +or using +.BR pcap_open_live(3PCAP) , +.B pcap_fileno() +returns the file descriptor from which captured packets are read. +.LP +If +.I p +refers to a ``savefile'' that was opened using functions such as +.BR pcap_open_offline(3PCAP) +or +.BR pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP) , +a ``dead'' +.B pcap_t +opened using +.BR pcap_open_dead(3PCAP) , +or a +.B pcap_t +that was created with +.B pcap_create() +but that has not yet been activated with +.BR pcap_activate() , +it returns +.BR PCAP_ERROR . +.SH SEE ALSO +pcap(3PCAP) |