Re: pcab and libpcap differences?

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 03:45:04PM +0800, Bassam A. Al-Khaffaf wrote:
> As introduction for me to learn the network programming, anyone can tell me
> what is the difference between the "pcap" and "libpcap"?

THe letters "l", "i", and "b". :-)

The name of the library is "libpcap"; sometimes people might just call
it "pcap", but they're just two names for the same thing.

People might also refer to the capture file format produced by, and read
by, libpcap as "libpcap" or "pcap" format; again, they're the same file
format.
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