| PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3PCAP) | Package Capture Library Functions | PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3PCAP) |
pcap_set_datalink - set the link-layer header type to be used by a capture device
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_set_datalink(pcap_t *p, int dlt);
pcap_set_datalink() is used to set the current link-layer header type of the pcap descriptor to the type specified by dlt.
pcap_set_datalink() returns 0 on success, PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been created but not activated, or PCAP_ERROR on other errors. If PCAP_ERROR is returned, pcap_geterr(3PCAP) or pcap_perror(3PCAP) may be called with p as an argument to fetch or display the error text.
| 5 March 2022 | OmniOS |