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20 .TH PCAP_DATALINK 3PCAP "13 October 2013"
22 pcap_datalink \- get the link-layer header type
26 #include <pcap/pcap.h>
30 int pcap_datalink(pcap_t *p);
35 returns the link-layer header type for the live capture or ``savefile''
39 It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by
41 that has not yet been activated by
44 .I http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html
47 can return and describes the packet formats that
48 correspond to those values.
52 assume that the packets for a given capture or ``savefile`` will have
53 any given link-layer header type, such as
55 for Ethernet. For example, the "any" device on Linux will have a
56 link-layer header type of
58 even if all devices on the system at the time the "any" device is opened
59 have some other data link type, such as
64 returns the link-layer header type on success and
65 .B PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED
66 if called on a capture handle that has been created but not activated.
68 pcap(3PCAP), pcap-linktype(7)