PCAP_STRERROR(3PCAP) PCAP_STRERROR(3PCAP) NAME pcap_strerror - convert an errno value to a string SYNOPSIS #include const char *pcap_strerror(int error); DESCRIPTION This function returns an error message string corresponding to error. It uses either strerror(3) or its thread-safe variant if one is available, which currently is the case in every supported OS. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY This function was not thread-safe in libpcap before 1.8.1 on Windows and in libpcap before 1.10.5 on all other OSes. SEE ALSO pcap(3PCAP) 26 August 2024 PCAP_STRERROR(3PCAP)