NAME¶
pcap_fileno - get the file descriptor for a live capture
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_fileno(pcap_t *p);
DESCRIPTION¶
If
p refers to a network device that was opened for a live capture using
a combination of
pcap_create() and
pcap_activate(), or using
pcap_open_live(),
pcap_fileno() returns the file descriptor from
which captured packets are read.
If
p refers to a ``savefile'' that was opened using functions such as
pcap_open_offline() or
pcap_fopen_offline(), a ``dead''
pcap_t opened using
pcap_open_dead(), or a
pcap_t that
was created with
pcap_create() but that has not yet been activated with
pcap_activate(), it returns -1.
SEE ALSO¶
pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP), pcap_open_live(3PCAP),
pcap_open_offline(3PCAP), pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP),
pcap_open_dead(3PCAP)