pcap_major_version(3)

pcap_major_version3

Get the version number of a savefile

Usage

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_major_version(pcap_t *p); int pcap_minor_version(pcap_t *p);

Overview

If p refers to a ``savefile'', pcap_major_version() returns the major number of the file format of the ``savefile'' and pcap_minor_version() returns the minor number of the file format of the ``savefile''. The version number is stored in the ``savefile''; note that the meaning of its values depends on the type of ``savefile'' (for example, pcap or pcapng).

If p refers to a live capture, the values returned by pcap_major_version() and pcap_minor_version() are not meaningful.

Releases

39 releases since FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE; the text changed 9 times.

  1. 8.0–8.4
  2. 9.0
  3. 9.1–10.4
  4. 11.0
  5. 11.1–11.2
  6. 11.3
  7. 11.4
  8. 12.0–12.1
  9. 12.2–13.4
  10. 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.