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20 .TH PCAP_LIB_VERSION 3PCAP "3 January 2014"
22 pcap_lib_version \- get the version information for libpcap
26 #include <pcap/pcap.h>
30 const char *pcap_lib_version(void);
35 returns a pointer to a string giving information about the version of
36 the libpcap library being used; note that it contains more information
37 than just a version number.