www.LinuxHowtos.org

PCAP_STRERROR

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (3PCAP)
Updated: 26 August 2024
Index Return to Main Contents

NAME

pcap_strerror - convert an errno value to a string

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

const char *pcap_strerror(int error);

DESCRIPTION

This function returns an error message string corresponding to error. It uses either strerror(3) or its threa-safe variant if one is available, which currently is the case in every supported OS.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY

This function was not threa-safe in libpcap before 1.8.1 on Windows and in libpcap before 1.10.5 on all other OSes.