PCAP_GETERR(3PCAP)PCAP_GETERR(3PCAP)NAME
pcap_geterr, pcap_perror - get or print libpcap error message text
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
char *pcap_geterr(pcap_t *p);
void pcap_perror(pcap_t *p, char *prefix);
DESCRIPTIONpcap_geterr() returns the error text pertaining to the last pcap
library error. NOTE: the pointer it returns will no longer point to a
valid error message string after the pcap_t passed to it is closed; you
must use or copy the string before closing the pcap_t.
pcap_perror() prints the text of the last pcap library error on stderr,
prefixed by prefix.
SEE ALSOpcap(3PCAP)ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│Availability │ system/library/libpcap │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Uncommitted │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
NOTES
Source for libpcap is available at http://opensolaris.org and at
http://www.tcpdump.org. Documentation is available at
file:///usr/share/man, and http://www.tcpdump.org.
5 April 2008 PCAP_GETERR(3PCAP)
