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PCAP_DATALINK_VAL_TO_NAME(3PCAP)		PCAP_DATALINK_VAL_TO_NAME(3PCAP)

NAME
     pcap_datalink_val_to_name, 	       pcap_datalink_val_to_description,
     pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt - get a name or description  for  a
     link-layer header type value

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pcap.h>

     const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_name(int dlt);
     const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_description(int dlt);
     const char *pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt(int dlt);

DESCRIPTION
     pcap_datalink_val_to_name()  translates  a  link-layer header type value to
     the corresponding link-layer header type name, which is the DLT_  name  for
     the  link-layer  header type value with the DLT_ removed.	NULL is returned
     if the type value does not correspond to a known DLT_ value.

     pcap_datalink_val_to_description()  translates  a	link-layer  header  type
     value  to	a short description of that link-layer header type.  NULL is re-
     turned if the type value does not correspond to a known DLT_ value.

     pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt() translates  a  link-layer  header
     type  value to a short description of that link-layer header type just like
     pcap_datalink_val_to_description().  If the type value does not  correspond
     to a known DLT_ value, the string "DLT n" is returned, where n is the value
     of the dlt argument.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
     The  pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt() function first became avail-
     able    in    libpcap    release	 1.9.1.     In	  previous     releases,
     pcap_datalink_val_to_description()  would	have to be called and, if it re-
     turned NULL, a default string would have to be constructed.

SEE ALSO
     pcap(3PCAP)

				   4 May 2022	PCAP_DATALINK_VAL_TO_NAME(3PCAP)

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