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PCAP_LIST_TSTAMP_TYPES(3)  Library Functions Manual  PCAP_LIST_TSTAMP_TYPES(3)



NAME
       pcap_list_tstamp_types, pcap_free_tstamp_types - get a list of time
       stamp types supported by a capture device, and free that list

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_list_tstamp_types(pcap_t *p, int **tstamp_typesp);
       void pcap_free_tstamp_types(int *tstamp_types);

DESCRIPTION
       pcap_list_tstamp_types() is used to get a list of the supported time
       stamp types of the interface associated with the pcap descriptor.
       pcap_list_tstamp_types() allocates an array to hold the list and sets
       *tstamp_typesp to point to the array.  See pcap-tstamp(7) for a list of
       all the time stamp types.

       The caller is responsible for freeing the array with
       pcap_free_tstamp_types(), which frees the list pointed to by
       tstamp_types.

RETURN VALUE
       pcap_list_tstamp_types() returns the number of time stamp types in the
       array on success and PCAP_ERROR on failure.  A return value of one
       means that the only time stamp type supported is the one in the list,
       which is the capture device's default time stamp type.  A return value
       of zero means that the only time stamp type supported is
       PCAP_TSTAMP_HOST, which is the capture device's default time stamp type
       (only older versions of libpcap will return that; newer versions will
       always return one or more types).  If PCAP_ERROR is returned,
       pcap_geterr(3) or pcap_perror(3) may be called with p as an argument to
       fetch or display the error text.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
       These functions became available in libpcap release 1.2.1.  In previous
       releases, the time stamp type cannot be set; only the default time
       stamp type offered by a capture source is available.

SEE ALSO
       pcap(3), pcap_tstamp_type_val_to_name(3), pcap-tstamp(7)



                               8 September 2019      PCAP_LIST_TSTAMP_TYPES(3)