pcap_set_tstamp_precision - set the time stamp precision returned in captures
#include <pcap/pcap.h> int pcap_set_tstamp_precision(pcap_t *p, int tstamp_precision);
PCAP_SET_TSTAMP_PRECISION(3pcap)
NAME
pcap_set_tstamp_precision - set the time stamp precision returned in
captures
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_set_tstamp_precision(pcap_t *p, int tstamp_precision);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_set_tstamp_precision() sets the precision of the time stamp
desired for packets captured on the pcap descriptor to the type speci-
fied by tstamp_precision. It must be called on a pcap descriptor cre-
ated by pcap_create(3PCAP) that has not yet been activated by
pcap_activate(3PCAP). Two time stamp precisions are supported,
microseconds and nanoseconds. One can use options PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECI-
SION_MICRO and PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NANO to request desired precision.
By default, time stamps are in microseconds.
RETURN VALUE
pcap_set_tstamp_precision() returns 0 on success if the specified time
stamp precision is expected to be supported by the capture device,
PCAP_ERROR_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NOTSUP if the capture device does not sup-
port the requested time stamp precision, PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED if called
on a capture handle that has been activated.
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
This function became available in libpcap release 1.5.1. In previous
releases, time stamps from a capture device or savefile are always
given in seconds and microseconds.
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_get_tstamp_precision(3PCAP), pcap-tstamp(7)
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/.
5 February 2015