PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH(3PCAP)

🎀 pcap_dump_flush 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH(3PCAP)! ✨ This one is all about flushing dumped packets to a savefile. It's short, it's sweet, it's giving utility realness. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

• pcap_dump_flush — flush to a savefile packets dumped

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_dump_flush(pcap_dumper_t *p);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so pcap_dump_flush() flushes the output buffer to the savefile, so that any packets written with pcap_dump(3PCAP) but not yet written to the savefile will be written. periodt, that's the whole function. 🫶

🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

so like, pcap_dump_flush() returns 0 on success and PCAP_ERROR on failure. if you get that failure vibe, handle it. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• pcap(3PCAP)
• pcap_dump_open(3PCAP)

mwah 💋 that's the whole iconic page, bestie! This manual page is from the 3PCAP manual, dated 25 July 2018, and it's literally PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH(3PCAP) — no cap, periodt. 🎀💖✨