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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

pcap_dump (3pcap)

Name

pcap_dump - write a packet to a capture file

Synopsis

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

void pcap_dump(u_char *user, struct pcap_pkthdr *h,
u_char *sp);

Description

PCAP_DUMP(3pcap)                                              PCAP_DUMP(3pcap)



NAME
       pcap_dump - write a packet to a capture file

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       void pcap_dump(u_char *user, struct pcap_pkthdr *h,
               u_char *sp);

DESCRIPTION
       pcap_dump()   outputs   a   packet  to  the  ``savefile''  opened  with
       pcap_dump_open(3PCAP).  Note that its calling  arguments  are  suitable
       for  use  with  pcap_dispatch(3PCAP)  or  pcap_loop(3PCAP).   If called
       directly, the user parameter is of type pcap_dumper_t  as  returned  by
       pcap_dump_open().


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+------------------------+
       |Availability   | system/library/libpcap |
       +---------------+------------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted            |
       +---------------+------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       pcap(3PCAP)



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source   was   downloaded  from   https://www.tcpdump.org/release/libp-
       cap-1.9.1.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.tcpdump.org/.



                                 8 March 2015                 PCAP_DUMP(3pcap)