freebsd-src/contrib/libpcap/pcap_fileno.3pcap
Joseph Mingrone 6f9cba8f8b
libpcap: Update to 1.10.3
Local changes:

- In contrib/libpcap/pcap/bpf.h, do not include pcap/dlt.h.  Our system
  net/dlt.h is pulled in from net/bpf.h.
- sys/net/dlt.h: Incorporate changes from libpcap 1.10.3.
- lib/libpcap/Makefile: Update for libpcap 1.10.3.

Changelog:	https://git.tcpdump.org/libpcap/blob/95691ebe7564afa3faa5c6ba0dbd17e351be455a:/CHANGES
Reviewed by:	emaste
Obtained from:	https://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.10.3.tar.gz
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
2023-03-31 16:02:22 -03:00

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.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
.BR pcap_create (3PCAP)
and
.BR pcap_activate (3PCAP),
or using
.BR pcap_open_live (3PCAP),
.BR 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
.BR pcap_create ()
but that has not yet been activated with
.BR pcap_activate (),
it returns
.BR PCAP_ERROR .
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pcap (3PCAP)