pcap_strerror(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_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 thread-safe variant if one is available, which currently is the case in every supported OS.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY

This function was not thread-safe in libpcap before 1.8.1 on Windows and in libpcap before 1.11.0 on all other OSes.

COLOPHON

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