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 PCAP_SET_DATALINK
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (3PCAP) Updated: 3 January 2014Index
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 NAME
pcap_set_datalink - set the link-layer header type to be used by a
capture device
 SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_set_datalink(pcap_t *p, int dlt);
 DESCRIPTIONpcap_set_datalink()
is used to set the current link-layer header type of the pcap descriptor
to the type specified by
dlt .
 RETURN VALUEpcap_set_datalink()
returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
If -1 is returned,
pcap_geterr() 
or
pcap_perror() 
may be called with
p 
as an argument to fetch or display the error text.
 SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_geterr(3PCAP),
pcap_datalink_name_to_val(3PCAP)
 
 
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