pcap_set_datalink(3) pcap_set_datalink(3)
NAME
pcap_set_datalink - set the link-layer header type to be used by a cap- ture device
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h> pcap_set_datalink(3) *p, int dlt);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_set_datalink(3) is used to set the current link-layer header type of the pcap descriptor to the type specified by dlt.
RETURN VALUE
pcap_set_datalink(3) returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. If -1 is returned, pcap_geterr() or pcap_perror() may be called with p as an argument to fetch or display the error text.
SEE ALSO
pcap(3), pcap_geterr(3), pcap_datalink_name_to_val(3) 22 August 2010 pcap_set_datalink(3)
libpcap 1.2.0 - Generated Mon Nov 28 05:37:42 CST 2011