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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

pcap_lib_version (3pcap)

Name

pcap_lib_version - get the version information for libpcap

Synopsis

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

const char *pcap_lib_version(void);

Description

PCAP_LIB_VERSION(3pcap)                                PCAP_LIB_VERSION(3pcap)



NAME
       pcap_lib_version - get the version information for libpcap

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       const char *pcap_lib_version(void);

DESCRIPTION
       pcap_lib_version()  returns  a  pointer  to a string giving information
       about the version of the libpcap library being used; note that it  con-
       tains more information than just a version number.


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/.



                                3 January 2014         PCAP_LIB_VERSION(3pcap)