PCAP_GET_TSTAMP_PRECISION(3)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

okay so bestie, welcome to the PCAP_GET_T...P_PRECISION(3) page from the Library Functions Manual — it’s giving timestamp-precision realness, and honestly it’s iconique ✨💅

🌸 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. That’s the whole vibe — it tells you how precise those capture timestamps are, no cap 🫶

👑 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. literally the precision receipt 💅

🌈 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. so if you’re kicking it with an older libpcap, that’s the deal, periodt ⭐

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

okay that’s the whole page, bestie — signing off from the PCAP_GET_T...P_PRECISION(3) page in the Library Functions Manual, dated 23 August 2018. stay precise and slay 💖✨

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