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PCAP_OPEN_DEAD 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
NAME
pcap_open_dead - open a fake pcap_t for compiling filters or opening a
capture for output
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>pcap_t *pcap_open_dead(int linktype, int snaplen);
DESCRIPTION
pcap_open_dead() is used for creating a pcap_t structure to use when calling the other functions in libpcap. It is typically used when just using libpcap for compiling BPF code.
linktype specifies the link-layer type for the pcap_t .
snaplen specifies the snapshot length for the pcap_t .
SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(@MAN_MISC_INFO@)