mirror of
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src.git
synced 2024-12-02 19:22:47 +00:00
54 lines
1.9 KiB
Plaintext
54 lines
1.9 KiB
Plaintext
.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_geterr.3pcap,v 1.3 2008-04-06 02:53:22 guy Exp $
|
|
.\"
|
|
.\" 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_GETERR 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
|
|
.SH NAME
|
|
pcap_geterr, pcap_perror \- get or print libpcap error message text
|
|
.SH SYNOPSIS
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft B
|
|
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
|
|
.ft
|
|
.LP
|
|
.ft B
|
|
char *pcap_geterr(pcap_t *p);
|
|
void pcap_perror(pcap_t *p, char *prefix);
|
|
.ft
|
|
.fi
|
|
.SH DESCRIPTION
|
|
.B pcap_geterr()
|
|
returns the error text pertaining to the last pcap library error.
|
|
.BR NOTE :
|
|
the pointer it returns will no longer point to a valid error message
|
|
string after the
|
|
.B pcap_t
|
|
passed to it is closed; you must use or copy the string before closing
|
|
the
|
|
.BR pcap_t .
|
|
.PP
|
|
.B pcap_perror()
|
|
prints the text of the last pcap library error on
|
|
.BR stderr ,
|
|
prefixed by
|
|
.IR prefix .
|
|
.SH SEE ALSO
|
|
pcap(3PCAP)
|