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PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3)                                      PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3)




NAME

       pcap_set_datalink - set the link-layer header type to be used by a cap-
       ture device


SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_set_datalink(pcap_t *p, int dlt);


DESCRIPTION

       pcap_set_datalink() is used to set the current link-layer  header  type
       of the pcap descriptor to the type specified by dlt.


RETURN VALUE

       pcap_set_datalink()  returns  0 on success and -1 on failure.  If -1 is
       returned, pcap_geterr() or pcap_perror() may be called  with  p  as  an
       argument to fetch or display the error text.


SEE ALSO

       pcap(3), pcap_geterr(3), pcap_datalink_name_to_val(3)



                                3 January 2014            PCAP_SET_DATALINK(3)