PCAP_FILE(3)           FreeBSD Library Functions Manual           PCAP_FILE(3)

NAME

     pcap_file - get the standard I/O stream for a savefile being read

SYNOPSIS

     #include <pcap/pcap.h>

     FILE *pcap_file(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION

     pcap_file() returns the standard I/O stream of the ``savefile'', if a
     ``savefile'' was opened with pcap_open_offline(3), or NULL, if a network
     device was opened with pcap_create(3) and pcap_activate(3), or with
     pcap_open_live(3).

     Note that the Packet Capture library is usually built with large file
     support, so the standard I/O stream of the ``savefile'' might refer to a
     file larger than 2 gigabytes; applications that use pcap_file() should,
     if possible, use calls that support large files on the return value of
     pcap_file() or the value returned by fileno(3) when passed the return
     value of pcap_file().

SEE ALSO

     pcap(3)

                                3 January 2014                    PCAP_FILE(3)