pcap_freecode(3PCAP) man page

pcap_freecode(3PCAP) man page

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NAME

pcap_freecode - free a BPF program

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

void pcap_freecode(struct bpf_program *);

DESCRIPTION

pcap_freecode() is used to free up allocated memory pointed to by a bpf_program struct generated by pcap_compile(3PCAP) when that BPF program is no longer needed, for example after it has been made the filter program for a pcap_t handle by a call to pcap_setfilter(3PCAP).

SEE ALSO

pcap(3PCAP)

COLOPHON

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