pcap_dump_close(3PCAP) man page

pcap_dump_close(3PCAP) man page

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NAME

pcap_dump_close - close a savefile being written to

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

void pcap_dump_close(pcap_dumper_t *p);

DESCRIPTION

pcap_dump_close() closes the `savefile'' associated with *p* and deallocates resources. This means that, for example, if *p* refers to a savefile that was opened with **pcap\_dump\_fopen**(), the stream provided to that routine will be closed unless it isstdout`.

SEE ALSO

pcap(3PCAP), pcap_dump_open(3PCAP), pcap_dump(3PCAP)

COLOPHON

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