pcap_datalink_val_to_name(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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pcap_datalink_val_to_name, pcap_datalink_val_to_description,
pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt - get a
name or description for a link-layer header type value
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap.h> const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_name(int dlt); const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_description(int dlt); const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt(int dlt);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_datalink_val_to_name()
translates a link-layer header type value to the corresponding
link-layer header type name, which is the
DLT_
name for the link-layer header type value with the
DLT_
removed.
NULL
is returned if the type value does not correspond to a known
DLT_
value.
pcap_datalink_val_to_description()
translates a link-layer header type value to a short description of that
link-layer header type.
NULL
is returned if the type value does not correspond to a known
DLT_
value.
pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt()
translates a link-layer header type value to a short description of that
link-layer header type just like
pcap_datalink_val_to_description().
If the type value does not correspond to a known
DLT_
value, the string "DLT n" is returned, where n is the value of
the dlt argument.
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
The
pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt()
function first became available in libpcap release 1.9.1. In previous
releases,
pcap_datalink_val_to_description()
would have to be called and, if it returned
NULL
,
a default string would have to be constructed.
SEE ALSO
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