PCAP_DATALINK_NAME_TO_VAL(3PCAP)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to pcap_datalink_name_to_val(3PCAP) 💅 this one is literally here to get the link-layer header type value that corresponds to a header type name. iconic little matchmaker behavior, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_datalink_name_to_val(const char *name);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So pcap_datalink_name_to_val() translates a link-layer header type name into the corresponding link-layer header type value ✨ and the name it wants is a DLT_ name with the DLT_ removed. The translation is case-insensitive, so you don’t have to stress about caps lock energy 💖

🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

On success, pcap_datalink_name_to_val() returns the type value 👑 but if the name is not a known type name, you get PCAP_ERROR instead. periodt 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• pcap(3PCAP) 🫶

xoxo, your Unix bestie 💖 — this slay little page is from the 25 July 2018 edition of PCAP_DATALINK_NAME_TO_VAL(3PCAP) ✨