pcap_snapshot - get the snapshot length
#include <pcap/pcap.h> int pcap_snapshot(pcap_t *p);
PCAP_SNAPSHOT(3pcap) PCAP_SNAPSHOT(3pcap)
NAME
pcap_snapshot - get the snapshot length
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_snapshot(pcap_t *p);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_snapshot() returns the snapshot length specified when
pcap_set_snaplen(3PCAP) or pcap_open_live(3PCAP) was called, for a live
capture, or the snapshot length from the capture file, for a ``save-
file''.
It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by
pcap_create(3PCAP) that has not yet been activated by
pcap_activate(3PCAP).
RETURN VALUE
pcap_snapshot() returns the snapshot length on success and
PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been
created but not activated.
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/.
7 April 2014 PCAP_SNAPSHOT(3pcap)