pcap_fileno(3PCAP) man page
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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(3PCAP)
and
pcap_activate(3PCAP),
or using
pcap_open_live(3PCAP),
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(3PCAP) or pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP), a ``dead'' pcap_t opened using pcap_open_dead(3PCAP), or a pcap_t that was created with pcap_create() but that has not yet been activated with pcap_activate(), it returns PCAP_ERROR.
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