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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

pcap_dump_flush (3pcap)

Name

pcap_dump_flush - flush to a savefile packets dumped

Synopsis

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_dump_flush(pcap_dumper_t *p);

Description

PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH(3pcap)                                  PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH(3pcap)



NAME
       pcap_dump_flush - flush to a savefile packets dumped

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_dump_flush(pcap_dumper_t *p);

DESCRIPTION
       pcap_dump_flush()  flushes  the  output  buffer to the ``savefile,'' so
       that any packets written with pcap_dump(3PCAP) but not yet  written  to
       the ``savefile'' will be written.

RETURN VALUE
       pcap_dump_flush() returns 0 on success and PCAP_ERROR on failure.


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


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

SEE ALSO
       pcap(3PCAP), pcap_dump_open(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/.



                                 25 July 2018           PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH(3pcap)