Name

pcap_datalink_val_to_description — Prototype: const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_description(int dlt)

Synopsis

Purpose: pcap_datalink_val_to_description returns a short text description when supplied with the numeric value in dlt. This description is contained in the array dlt_choices in pcap.c of the libpcap source code. This returns the name on success, or NULL on error. You can find an example of using pcap_datalink_val_to_description in the Section 10.2.4 section earlier in this chapter.

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