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PCAP_CLOSE 3PCAP "12 October 2024"
NAME
pcap_close - close a capture device or savefile
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>

void pcap_close(pcap_t *p);

DESCRIPTION
pcap_close () closes the files associated with p and deallocates resources. This means that, for example, if p refers to a savefile that was opened with pcap_fopen_offline () or pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision (), the stream provided to the routine will be closed unless it is stdin .
SEE ALSO
pcap (3PCAP), pcap_open_offline (3PCAP)