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PCAP_STRERROR(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual PCAP_STRERROR(3)
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(3)
26 August 2024 PCAP_STRERROR(3)