pcap_open_dead(3) - Linux man page

Name

pcap_open_dead - open a fake pcap_t for compiling filters or opening a capture for output

Synopsis

#include <pcap/pcap.h>
pcap_t *pcap_open_dead(int linktype, int snaplen);

Description

pcap_open_dead() is used for creating a pcap_t structure to use when calling the other functions in libpcap. It is typically used when just using libpcap for compiling BPF code.

linktype specifies the link-layer type for the pcap_t.

snaplen specifies the snapshot length for the pcap_t.

See Also

pcap(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(7)