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PCAP_DATALINK(3PCAP) PCAP_DATALINK(3PCAP)
pcap_datalink - get the link-layer header type
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_datalink(pcap_t *p);
pcap_datalink() returns the link-layer header type for the live
capture or ``savefile'' specified by p.
It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by pcap_create()
that has not yet been activated by pcap_activate().
http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html lists the values
pcap_datalink() can return and describes the packet formats that
correspond to those values.
Do NOT assume that the packets for a given capture or ``savefile``
will have any given link-layer header type, such as DLT_EN10MB for
Ethernet. For example, the "any" device on Linux will have a link-
layer header type of 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 DLT_EN10MB for Ethernet.
pcap_datalink() returns the link-layer header type on success and
PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been
created but not activated.
pcap(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(7)
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7 April 2014 PCAP_DATALINK(3PCAP)