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  20 .TH PCAP_STRERROR 3PCAP "26 August 2024"
  21 .SH NAME
  22 pcap_strerror \- convert an errno value to a string
  23 .SH SYNOPSIS
  24 .nf
  25 .ft B
  26 #include <pcap/pcap.h>
  27 .ft
  28 .LP
  29 .ft B
  30 const char *pcap_strerror(int error);
  31 .ft
  32 .fi
  33 .SH DESCRIPTION
  34 This function returns an error message string corresponding to
  35 .IR error .
  36 It uses either
  37 .BR strerror (3)
  38 or its thread-safe variant if one is available, which currently is the case in
  39 every supported OS.
  40 .SH BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
  41 This function was not thread-safe in libpcap before 1.8.1 on Windows and
  42 in libpcap before 1.10.5 on all other OSes.
  43 .SH SEE ALSO
  44 .BR pcap (3PCAP),
  45 .BR pcap_geterr (3PCAP)