NAME

       pcap_file - get the standard I/O stream for a savefile being read

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       FILE *pcap_file(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION

       pcap_file()  returns  the  standard  I/O  stream  of  the ``savefile,'' if a ``savefile'' was opened with
       pcap_open_offline(3PCAP),  or  NULL,  if  a  network  device  was  opened  with  pcap_create(3PCAP)   and
       pcap_activate(3PCAP), or with pcap_open_live(3PCAP).

       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 pcap_file()
       should, if possible, use calls that support large files on the return value of pcap_file() or  the  value
       returned by fileno(3) when passed the return value of pcap_file().

SEE ALSO

       pcap(3PCAP)

                                                 3 January 2014                                 PCAP_FILE(3PCAP)