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NAME pcap_get_tstamp_precision - get the time stamp precision returned in captures
SYNOPSIS #include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_get_tstamp_precision(pcap_t *p);
DESCRIPTION pcap_get_tstamp_precision() returns the precision of the time stamp returned in packet captures on the pcap descriptor.
RETURN VALUE pcap_get_tstamp_precision() returns PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_MICRO or PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NANO, which indicates that pcap captures contains time stamps in microseconds or nanoseconds respectively.
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY This function became available in libpcap release 1.5.1. In previous releases, time stamps from a capture device or savefile are always given in seconds and microseconds.
SEE ALSO pcap(3), pcap_set_tstamp_precision(3), pcap-tstamp(7)
23 August 2018 PCAP_GET_TSTAMP_PRECISION(3)