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+.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_geterr.3pcap,v 1.3 2008-04-06 02:53:22 guy Exp $
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+.TH PCAP_GETERR 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
+.SH NAME
+pcap_geterr, pcap_perror \- get or print libpcap error message text
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.ft B
+#include <pcap/pcap.h>
+.ft
+.LP
+.ft B
+char *pcap_geterr(pcap_t *p);
+void pcap_perror(pcap_t *p, char *prefix);
+.ft
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pcap_geterr()
+returns the error text pertaining to the last pcap library error.
+.BR NOTE :
+the pointer it returns will no longer point to a valid error message
+string after the
+.B pcap_t
+passed to it is closed; you must use or copy the string before closing
+the
+.BR pcap_t .
+.PP
+.B pcap_perror()
+prints the text of the last pcap library error on
+.BR stderr ,
+prefixed by
+.IR prefix .
+.SH SEE ALSO
+pcap(3PCAP)