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pcap_major_version (3pcap)

Name

pcap_major_version - get the version number of a savefile

Synopsis

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_major_version(pcap_t *p);
int pcap_minor_version(pcap_t *p);

Description

PCAP_MAJOR_VERSION(3pcap)                            PCAP_MAJOR_VERSION(3pcap)



NAME
       pcap_major_version,  pcap_minor_version  -  get the version number of a
       savefile

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_major_version(pcap_t *p);
       int pcap_minor_version(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION
       If p refers to a ``savefile'', pcap_major_version() returns  the  major
       number  of the file format of the ``savefile'' and pcap_minor_version()
       returns the minor number of the file format of the  ``savefile''.   The
       version  number is stored in the ``savefile''; note that the meaning of
       its values depends on the type of ``savefile'' (for  example,  pcap  or
       pcapng).

       If  p  refers to a live capture, the values returned by pcap_major_ver-
       sion() and pcap_minor_version() are not meaningful.


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 January 2018       PCAP_MAJOR_VERSION(3pcap)