PCAP_SNAPSHOT(3PCAP)

NAME
pcap_snapshot - get the snapshot length

SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_snapshot(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION
pcap_snapshot() returns the snapshot length specified when pcap_set_snapshot() or pcap_open_live() was called, for a live capture, or the snapshot length from the capture file, for a ``savefile''.

It must not be called on a pcap descriptor created by pcap_create() that has not yet been activated by pcap_activate().

RETURN VALUE
pcap_snapshot() returns the snapshot length on success and PCAP_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been created but not activated.

SEE ALSO
pcap(3PCAP)