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| author | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-08-29 18:15:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-08-29 18:15:13 +0000 |
| commit | bc654875f03fef8248b06b4bdc8bd26df0a50211 (patch) | |
| tree | fc06b8170f66f0422810abf5eae8cbcaf3119703 /doc/tshark.pod | |
| parent | 894ca4e904e86b6b9b687e9bfd0036cee70811c0 (diff) | |
Handle the 2GiB boundary case of the max filesize autostop condition properly so that we avoid overflow conditions and so that we ensure we don't capture more than 2GiB. Also, document the max filesize autostop value of 2GIB as well as indicating that it's truly GiB and not GB.
This fixes the problem reported on ask: http://ask.wireshark.org/questions/23891/wireshark-wont-run-with-multiple-capture-files
#BACKPORT(1.10) ... not sure about 1.8?
svn path=/trunk/; revision=51576
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/tshark.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tshark.pod | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod index 670a2bd659..a8c3059108 100644 --- a/doc/tshark.pod +++ b/doc/tshark.pod @@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ B<duration>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after I<value> seconds have elapsed. B<filesize>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches a size of -I<value> kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1024 bytes). If this option is used -together with the -b option, B<TShark> will stop writing to the current -capture file and switch to the next one if filesize is reached. When reading a -capture file, B<TShark> will stop reading the file after the number of bytes -read exceeds this number (the complete packet will be read, so more bytes than -this number may be read). +I<value> KiB. If this option is used together with the -b option, B<TShark> +will stop writing to the current capture file and switch to the next one if +filesize is reached. When reading a capture file, B<TShark> will stop reading +the file after the number of bytes read exceeds this number (the complete +packet will be read, so more bytes than this number may be read). Note that +the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB. B<files>:I<value> Stop writing to capture files after I<value> number of files were written. @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ B<duration>:I<value> switch to the next file after I<value> seconds have elapsed, even if the current file is not completely filled up. B<filesize>:I<value> switch to the next file after it reaches a size of -I<value> kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1024 bytes). +I<value> KiB. Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB. B<files>:I<value> begin again with the first file after I<value> number of files were written (form a ring buffer). This value must be less than 100000. |