pcap_is_swapped(3PCAP) man page

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This man page documents libpcap version 1.11.0-PRE-GIT (see also: 1.10.4, 1.10.2, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.1, 1.8.1, 1.7.4, 1.6.2, 1.5.3).

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NAME

pcap_is_swapped - find out whether a savefile has the native byte order

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_is_swapped(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION

pcap_is_swapped() returns true (1) if p refers to a ``savefile'' that uses a different byte order than the current system. For a live capture, it always returns false (0).

It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by pcap_create(3PCAP) that has not yet been activated by pcap_activate(3PCAP).

RETURN VALUE

pcap_is_swapped() returns true (1) or false (0) on success and PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been created but not activated.

SEE ALSO

pcap(3PCAP)


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