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PCAP_STRERROR(3)           Library Functions Manual           PCAP_STRERROR(3)

NAME
       pcap_strerror - convert an errno value to a string

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       const char *pcap_strerror(int error);

DESCRIPTION
       This function returns an error message string corresponding to error.
       It uses either strerror(3) or its thread-safe variant if one is
       available, which currently is the case in every supported OS.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
       This function was not thread-safe in libpcap before 1.8.1 on Windows
       and in libpcap before 1.10.5 on all other OSes.

SEE ALSO
       pcap(3)

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