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  20. .TH PCAP_FREECODE 3PCAP "3 January 2014"
  21. .SH NAME
  22. pcap_freecode \- free a BPF program
  23. .SH SYNOPSIS
  24. .nf
  25. .ft B
  26. #include <pcap/pcap.h>
  27. .ft
  28. .LP
  29. .ft B
  30. void pcap_freecode(struct bpf_program *);
  31. .ft
  32. .fi
  33. .SH DESCRIPTION
  34. .B pcap_freecode()
  35. is used to free up allocated memory pointed to by a
  36. .I bpf_program
  37. struct generated by
  38. .B pcap_compile()
  39. when that BPF program is no longer needed, for example after it
  40. has been made the filter program for a pcap structure by a call to
  41. .BR pcap_setfilter() .
  42. .SH SEE ALSO
  43. pcap(3PCAP), pcap_compile(3PCAP), pcap_setfilter(3PCAP)