Describe all the cases where pcap_fileno() returns a file descriptor and
where it returns -1. Based on a patch from Fumiyuki Shimizu.
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@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Additional people who have contributed patches:
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Florent Drouin <Florent dot Drouin at alcatel-lucent dot fr>
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Franz Schaefer <schaefer at mond dot at>
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Fulko Hew <fulko dot hew at gmail dot com>
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Fumiyuki Shimizu <fumifumi at abacustech dot jp>
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Gianluca Varenni <varenni at netgroup-serv dot polito dot it>
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Gilbert Hoyek <gil_hoyek at hotmail dot com>
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Gisle Vanem <gvanem at broadpark dot no>
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@ -33,15 +33,36 @@ int pcap_fileno(pcap_t *p);
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.ft
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B pcap_fileno()
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returns the file descriptor number from which captured packets are read,
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if a network device was opened with
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If
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.I p
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refers to a network device that was opened for a live capture using
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a combination of
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.B pcap_create()
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and
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.B pcap_activate()
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or with
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.BR pcap_activate() ,
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or using
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.BR pcap_open_live() ,
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or \-1, if a ``savefile'' was opened with
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.BR pcap_open_offline() .
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.B pcap_fileno()
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returns the file descriptor from which captured packets are read.
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.LP
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If
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.I p
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refers to a ``savefile'' that was opened using fuctions such as
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.BR pcap_open_offline()
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or
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.BR pcap_fopen_offline() ,
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a ``dead''
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.B pcap_t
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opened using
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.BR pcap_open_dead() ,
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or a
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.B pcap_t
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that was created with
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.B pcap_create()
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but that has not yet been activated with
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.BR pcap_activate() ,
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it returns \-1.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)
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pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP),
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pcap_open_live(3PCAP), pcap_open_offline(3PCAP),
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pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP), pcap_open_dead(3PCAP)
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