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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.\"
-.TH PCAP_FILENO 3PCAP "3 November 2009"
+.TH PCAP_FILENO 3PCAP "25 July 2018"
.SH NAME
pcap_fileno \- get the file descriptor for a live capture
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -35,32 +35,31 @@ If
.I p
refers to a network device that was opened for a live capture using
a combination of
-.B pcap_create()
+.B pcap_create(3PCAP)
and
-.BR pcap_activate() ,
+.BR pcap_activate(3PCAP) ,
or using
-.BR pcap_open_live() ,
+.BR pcap_open_live(3PCAP) ,
.B pcap_fileno()
returns the file descriptor from which captured packets are read.
.LP
If
.I p
refers to a ``savefile'' that was opened using functions such as
-.BR pcap_open_offline()
+.BR pcap_open_offline(3PCAP)
or
-.BR pcap_fopen_offline() ,
+.BR pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP) ,
a ``dead''
.B pcap_t
opened using
-.BR pcap_open_dead() ,
+.BR pcap_open_dead(3PCAP) ,
or a
.B pcap_t
that was created with
.B pcap_create()
but that has not yet been activated with
.BR pcap_activate() ,
-it returns \-1.
+it returns
+.BR PCAP_ERROR .
.SH SEE ALSO
-pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP),
-pcap_open_live(3PCAP), pcap_open_offline(3PCAP),
-pcap_fopen_offline(3PCAP), pcap_open_dead(3PCAP)
+pcap(3PCAP)