PCAP_GET_TSTAMP_PRECISION(3) Library Functions Manual PCAP_GET_TSTAMP_PRECISION(3)

pcap_get_tstamp_precision - get the time stamp precision returned in captures

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_get_tstamp_precision(pcap_t *p);

pcap_get_tstamp_precision() returns the precision of the time stamp returned in packet captures on the pcap descriptor.

pcap_get_tstamp_precision() returns PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_MICRO or PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NANO, which indicates that pcap captures contains time stamps in microseconds or nanoseconds respectively.

pcap(3), pcap_set_tstamp_precision(3), pcap-tstamp(7)
18 December 2013