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+.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_file.3pcap,v 1.1.2.3 2008-04-06 03:21:55 guy Exp $
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+.TH PCAP_FILE 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
+.SH NAME
+pcap_file \- get the standard I/O stream for a savefile being read
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.ft B
+#include <pcap/pcap.h>
+.ft
+.LP
+.ft B
+FILE *pcap_file(pcap_t *p);
+.ft
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pcap_file()
+returns the standard I/O stream of the ``savefile,'' if a ``savefile''
+was opened with
+.BR pcap_open_offline() ,
+or NULL, if a network device was opened with
+.B pcap_create()
+and
+.BR pcap_activate() ,
+or with
+.BR pcap_open_live() .
+.PP
+Note that the Packet Capture library is usually built with large file
+support, so the standard I/O stream of the ``savefile'' might refer to
+a file larger than 2 gigabytes; applications that use
+.B pcap_file()
+should, if possible, use calls that support large files on the return
+value of
+.B pcap_file()
+or the value returned by
+.B fileno()
+when passed the return value of
+.BR pcap_file() .
+.SH SEE ALSO
+pcap(3PCAP), pcap_open_offline(3PCAP)