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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/libpcap/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/libpcap/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/libpcap/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap index 20cb995eab35..062d60957a9f 100644 --- a/contrib/libpcap/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap +++ b/contrib/libpcap/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap @@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ int64_t pcap_dump_ftell64(pcap_dumper_t *p); .ft .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -.B pcap_dump_ftell() +.BR pcap_dump_ftell () returns the current file position for the ``savefile'', representing the number of bytes written by -.B pcap_dump_open(3PCAP) +.BR pcap_dump_open (3PCAP) and -.BR pcap_dump(3PCAP) . +.BR pcap_dump (3PCAP). .B PCAP_ERROR is returned on error. If the current file position does not fit in a .BR long , it will be truncated; this can happen on 32-bit UNIX-like systems with large file support and on Windows. -.B pcap_dump_ftell64() +.BR pcap_dump_ftell64 () returns the current file position in a .BR int64_t , so if file offsets that don't fit in a @@ -54,5 +54,11 @@ but that fit in a are supported, this will return the file offset without truncation. .B PCAP_ERROR is returned on error. +.SH BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY +The function +.BR pcap_dump_ftell64 () +became available in libpcap release 1.9.0. In previous releases, there +was no mechanism to obtain a file offset that is too large to fit in a +.BR long . .SH SEE ALSO -pcap(3PCAP) +.BR pcap (3PCAP) |