PCAP_STRERROR(3PCAP) PCAP_STRERROR(3PCAP)

NAME

pcap_strerror - convert an errno value to a string

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

const char *pcap_strerror(int error);

DESCRIPTION

This function returns an error message string corresponding to error.
It uses either strerror(3) or its thread-safe variant if one is
available, which currently is the case in every supported OS.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY

This function was not thread-safe in libpcap before 1.8.1 on Windows
and in libpcap before 1.10.5 on all other OSes.

SEE ALSO

pcap(3PCAP)

26 August 2024 PCAP_STRERROR(3PCAP)