PCAP_DATALINK_VAL_TO_NAME(3)PCAP_DATALINK_VAL_TO_NAME(3)NAME
pcap_datalink_val_to_name, pcap_datalink_val_to_description - get a
name or description for a link-layer header type value
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap.h>
const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_name(int dlt);
const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_description(int dlt);
DESCRIPTIONpcap_datalink_val_to_name() translates a data link type value to the
corresponding data link type name. NULL is returned on failure.
pcap_datalink_val_to_description() translates a data link type value to
a short description of that data link type. NULL is returned on fail‐
ure.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│Availability │ system/library/libpcap │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Uncommitted │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
NOTES
Source for libpcap is available at http://opensolaris.org and at
http://www.tcpdump.org. Documentation is available at
file:///usr/share/man, and http://www.tcpdump.org.
4 April 2008 PCAP_DATALINK_VAL_TO_NAME(3)