Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] pcap_next_ex() vs pcap_loop()

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From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:58:08 +0100
Hi,

Although Wireshark uses libpcap, these are libpcap questions, not
Wireshark questions. 
You should post them to the right forum, which in this case is
tcpdump-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Thanks,
Jaap

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:54:44 +0200, Selçuk Cevher <cevhers@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> As far as I know, in general, pcap_loop() function of libpcap library is
> preferred over pcap_next_ex() function.
> 
> Is it related to some kind of fact that pcap_loop() is more
> robust/reliable/efficient ?
> 
> Thanks.