PCAP_DUMP_CLOSE(3PCAP)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the PCAP_DUMP_CLOSE(3PCAP) page 💖 and it's literally about one tiny but iconic function: pcap_dump_close — close a savefile being written to ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

void pcap_dump_close(pcap_dumper_t *p);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so pcap_dump_close() does the goodbye thing 👋 — it closes the savefile associated with p and deallocates resources. very “clean up your room before you leave” of it, no cap 💅

and like, this matters: if p refers to a savefile that was opened with pcap_dump_fopen(), the stream provided to that routine will be closed unless it is stdout 🫶

one exception bestie: if it's stdout, it stays open. the function is not out here closing your terminal output 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• pcap(3PCAP)
• pcap_dump_open(3PCAP)
• pcap_dump(3PCAP)

mwah 💋 this little icon was served by the PCAP_DUMP_CLOSE(3PCAP) manual, dated 12 October 2024 — catch u next time, bestie 🌈✨💜