PCAP_MAJOR_VERSION(3)

💅 PCAP_MAJOR_VERSION(3) 💅

okay so this is the PCAP_MAJOR_VERSION(3) page from the Library Functions Manual, and it's giving "let's peek at a savefile's version numbers" energy. Bestie, it's short, it's specific, and it's lowkey iconic. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

pcap_major_version, pcap_minor_version — get the version number of a savefile

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_major_version(pcap_t *p);
int pcap_minor_version(pcap_t *p);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So if p refers to a savefile, pcap_major_version() returns the major number of the file format of the savefile, and pcap_minor_version() returns the minor number of the file format of the savefile. Yes bestie, they're a matching set. 💖

The version number is stored in the savefile; note that the meaning of its values depends on the type of savefile (for example, pcap or pcapng). It's giving "context matters," iykyk. 🦋

If p refers to a live capture, the values returned by pcap_major_version() and pcap_minor_version() are not meaningful. Not me warning you: those numbers are not it for live capture, so don't treat them like useful info. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

pcap(3) — go read that one too, bestie, it's the main character of this friend group. 👑

xoxo, signing off from the 8 January 2018 version of PCAP_MAJOR_VERSION(3) 💅✨