pcap_file(3pcap)

pcap_file3pcap

Get the standard i/o stream for a savefile being read

Usage

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

FILE *pcap_file(pcap_t *p);

Overview

pcap_file() returns the standard I/O stream of the ``savefile,'' if a ``savefile'' was opened with pcap_open_offline(3PCAP), or NULL, if a network device was opened with pcap_create(3PCAP) and pcap_activate(3PCAP), or with pcap_open_live(3PCAP).

Note that the Packet Capture library is usually built with large file support, so the standard I/O stream of the ``savefile'' might refer to a file larger than 2 gigabytes; applications that use pcap_file() should, if possible, use calls that support large files on the return value of pcap_file() or the value returned by fileno(3) when passed the return value of pcap_file().

Releases

90 releases since Mac OS X 10.6; the text changed 5 times.

  1. 10.6–10.6.8
  2. 10.7–10.11.6
  3. 10.12–10.14.6
  4. 10.15–10.15.1
  5. 10.15.2–12.5
  6. 13.0–26.5

From libpcap 146 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.