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authorJeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@gmail.com>2015-05-27 11:08:26 -0400
committerAnders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>2015-05-28 04:10:08 +0000
commit2772a11bd58770fe2eaef308c9db430ba9772f0c (patch)
tree04d2b1414870c423d3bcaa07d2fee7c26979e147 /doc
parentd9c13fab517557fd0f4c1f824db0a5e2218c96b1 (diff)
Document the services file in the man pages.
Bug: 11227 Change-Id: Id9cc64820b238bd8c82a758a553e1352398ad885 Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/8664 Reviewed-by: Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>
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-rw-r--r--doc/tshark.pod14
-rw-r--r--doc/wireshark.pod.template14
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diff --git a/doc/rawshark.pod b/doc/rawshark.pod
index 0bf43b5edb..66be74f9c6 100644
--- a/doc/rawshark.pod
+++ b/doc/rawshark.pod
@@ -407,6 +407,20 @@ multiple of 8.
The F<manuf> file is looked for in the same directory as the global
preferences file.
+=item Name Resolution (services)
+
+The F<services> file is used to translate port numbers into names.
+
+The file has the standard F<services> file syntax; each line contains one
+(service) name and one transport identifier separated by white space. The
+transport identifier includes one port number and one transport protocol name
+(typically tcp, udp, or sctp) separated by a /.
+
+An example is:
+
+mydns 5045/udp # My own Domain Name Server
+mydns 5045/tcp # My own Domain Name Server
+
=item Name Resolution (ipxnets)
The F<ipxnets> files are used to correlate 4-byte IPX network numbers to
diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod
index baa8a468eb..4e14c7b98d 100644
--- a/doc/tshark.pod
+++ b/doc/tshark.pod
@@ -1676,6 +1676,20 @@ multiple of 8.
The F<manuf> file is looked for in the same directory as the global
preferences file.
+=item Name Resolution (services)
+
+The F<services> file is used to translate port numbers into names.
+
+The file has the standard F<services> file syntax; each line contains one
+(service) name and one transport identifier separated by white space. The
+transport identifier includes one port number and one transport protocol name
+(typically tcp, udp, or sctp) separated by a /.
+
+An example is:
+
+mydns 5045/udp # My own Domain Name Server
+mydns 5045/tcp # My own Domain Name Server
+
=item Name Resolution (ipxnets)
The F<ipxnets> files are used to correlate 4-byte IPX network numbers to
diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
index d6493e51d7..b3ba46386c 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template
+++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
@@ -2651,6 +2651,20 @@ multiple of 8.
The F<manuf> file is looked for in the same directory as the global
preferences file.
+=item Name Resolution (services)
+
+The F<services> file is used to translate port numbers into names.
+
+The file has the standard F<services> file syntax; each line contains one
+(service) name and one transport identifier separated by white space. The
+transport identifier includes one port number and one transport protocol name
+(typically tcp, udp, or sctp) separated by a /.
+
+An example is:
+
+mydns 5045/udp # My own Domain Name Server
+mydns 5045/tcp # My own Domain Name Server
+
=item Name Resolution (ipxnets)
The F<ipxnets> files are used to correlate 4-byte IPX network numbers to