PCAP_GETERR
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (3PCAP)
Updated: 15 January 2016
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NAME
pcap_geterr, pcap_perror - get or print libpcap error message text
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
char *pcap_geterr(pcap_t *p);
void pcap_perror(pcap_t *p, const char *prefix);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_geterr()
returns the error text pertaining to the last pcap library error.
NOTE:
the pointer it returns will no longer point to a valid error message
string after the
pcap_t
passed to it is closed; you must use or copy the string before closing
the
pcap_t.
pcap_perror()
prints the text of the last pcap library error on
stderr,
prefixed by
prefix.
SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP)