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| author | gerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2011-06-17 17:52:31 +0000 |
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| committer | gerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2011-06-17 17:52:31 +0000 |
| commit | 19b6883704c8674690ed8fb821041cd509c4b1d7 (patch) | |
| tree | 2114755f933eee189d1a4ae481381e945a090800 /doc/dumpcap.pod | |
| parent | 1f59d67daa48d62b6c24b2e7bb90b86a711af170 (diff) | |
Make pcap-ng the default. Add a compile-time option to prefer pcap-ng or
pcap. Add a "-P" capture option which tries to use pcap instead of
pcap-ng ("-P" seemed to be the best option but we may want to use a
different letter).
Update the documentation and release notes.
git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@37696 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/dumpcap.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dumpcap.pod | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod index 9f73b1e923..861db49dde 100644 --- a/doc/dumpcap.pod +++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ S<[ B<-L> ]> S<[ B<-n> ]> S<[ B<-M> ]> S<[ B<-p> ]> +S<[ B<-P> ]> S<[ B<-q> ]> S<[ B<-s> E<lt>capture snaplenE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-S> ]> @@ -212,8 +213,7 @@ B<TShark>; its format is subject to change from release to release. =item -n -Write the output file in the pcap-ng format instead of the default pcap -format. +Save files as pcap-ng. This is the default. =item -p @@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ traffic sent to or from the machine on which B<Dumpcap> is running, broadcast traffic, and multicast traffic to addresses received by that machine. +=item -P + +Save files as pcap instead of the default pcap-ng. In situations that require +pcap-ng, such as capturing from multiple interfaces, this option will be +overridden. + =item -q When capturing packets, don't display the continuous count of packets |