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Diffstat (limited to 'pcap_file.3pcap')
| -rw-r--r-- | pcap_file.3pcap | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/pcap_file.3pcap b/pcap_file.3pcap index 981451ba5684..74029732d333 100644 --- a/pcap_file.3pcap +++ b/pcap_file.3pcap @@ -31,29 +31,29 @@ FILE *pcap_file(pcap_t *p); .ft .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -.B pcap_file() +.BR pcap_file () returns the standard I/O stream of the ``savefile,'' if a ``savefile'' was opened with -.BR pcap_open_offline(3PCAP) , +.BR pcap_open_offline (3PCAP), or .BR NULL , if a network device was opened with -.B pcap_create(3PCAP) +.BR pcap_create (3PCAP) and -.BR \%pcap_activate(3PCAP) , +.BR \%pcap_activate (3PCAP), or with -.BR pcap_open_live(3PCAP) . +.BR pcap_open_live (3PCAP). .PP 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 -.B pcap_file() +.BR pcap_file () should, if possible, use calls that support large files on the return value of -.B pcap_file() +.BR pcap_file () or the value returned by -.B fileno(3) +.BR fileno (3) when passed the return value of -.BR pcap_file() . +.BR pcap_file (). .SH SEE ALSO -pcap(3PCAP) +.BR pcap (3PCAP) |