Name
pcap_geterr — Prototype: char *pcap_geterr(pcap_t *p)
Synopsis
Purpose: pcap_geterr
returns the error text for
the last libpcap error that has occurred. This
requires that the pcap_t
handle
p
has not been closed using
pcap_close
. pcap_geterr
is used
to obtain human-readable error messages for all
libpcap functions that do not supply this
ability through the use of an errbuf
parameter.
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