pcap_lib_version(3)

pcap_lib_version3

Get the version information for libpcap

Usage

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

const char *pcap_lib_version(void);

Overview

pcap_lib_version() returns a pointer to a string giving information about the version of the libpcap library being used; note that it contains more information than just a version number.

Releases

39 releases since FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE; the text changed 4 times.

  1. 8.0–8.4
  2. 9.0–10.4
  3. 11.0
  4. 11.1–13.4
  5. 13.5–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.