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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

pcap_freecode (3pcap)

Name

pcap_freecode - free a BPF program

Synopsis

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

void pcap_freecode(struct bpf_program *);

Description

PCAP_FREECODE(3pcap)                                      PCAP_FREECODE(3pcap)



NAME
       pcap_freecode - free a BPF program

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       void pcap_freecode(struct bpf_program *);

DESCRIPTION
       pcap_freecode()  is  used  to  free up allocated memory pointed to by a
       bpf_program struct generated by pcap_compile(3PCAP) when that BPF  pro-
       gram is no longer needed, for example after it has been made the filter
       program for a pcap structure by a call to pcap_setfilter(3PCAP).


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_FREECODE(3pcap)