pcap_strerror - convert an errno value to a string

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.

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.

pcap_strerror - convert an errno value to a string

pcap(3PCAP) 26 August 2024 PCAP_STRERROR(3PCAP)