pcap_freecode(3)

pcap_freecode3

Free a bpf program

Usage

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

void pcap_freecode(struct bpf_program *);

Overview

pcap_freecode() is used to free up allocated memory pointed to by a bpf_program struct generated by pcap_compile(3) when that BPF program is no longer needed, for example after it has been made the filter program for a pcap structure by a call to pcap_setfilter(3).

Releases

39 releases since FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE; the text changed 7 times.

  1. 8.0–8.4
  2. 9.0–10.4
  3. 11.0
  4. 11.1–11.3
  5. 11.4
  6. 12.0–12.1
  7. 12.2–13.4
  8. 13.5–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.