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PCAP_FILENO(3PCAP) PCAP_FILENO(3PCAP)
pcap_fileno - get the file descriptor for a live capture
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_fileno(pcap_t *p);
If p refers to a network device that was opened for a live capture
using a combination of pcap_create() and pcap_activate(), or using
pcap_open_live(), pcap_fileno() returns the file descriptor from
which captured packets are read.
If p refers to a ``savefile'' that was opened using functions such as
pcap_open_offline() or pcap_fopen_offline(), a ``dead'' pcap_t opened
using pcap_open_dead(), or a pcap_t that was created with
pcap_create() but that has not yet been activated with
pcap_activate(), it returns -1.
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP),
pcap_open_live(3PCAP), pcap_open_offline(3PCAP),
pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP), pcap_open_dead(3PCAP)
This page is part of the libpcap (packet capture library) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.tcpdump.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
page, see ⟨http://www.tcpdump.org/#patches⟩. This page was obtained
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7 April 2014 PCAP_FILENO(3PCAP)