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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2010-05-07 02:00:46 +0000
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2010-05-07 02:00:46 +0000
commit9dde366f2f4758dc9638b239d8ed936a2959042c (patch)
treebe95d3282a50afaf3278ec85dfd016d102ca61a2 /doc
parent1ec010581735853ee92a197a51e74dea976bf12b (diff)
-B is no longer Windows-only.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=32707
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/dumpcap.pod15
-rw-r--r--doc/tshark.pod15
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod
index 6fe5836978..f08bd66488 100644
--- a/doc/dumpcap.pod
+++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dumpcap - Dump network traffic
B<dumpcap>
S<[ B<-a> E<lt>capture autostop conditionE<gt> ] ...>
S<[ B<-b> E<lt>capture ring buffer optionE<gt>] ...>
-S<[ B<-B> E<lt>capture buffer size (Win32 only)E<gt> ] >
+S<[ B<-B> E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt> ] >
S<[ B<-c> E<lt>capture packet countE<gt> ]>
S<[ B<-D> ]>
S<[ B<-f> E<lt>capture filterE<gt> ]>
@@ -98,11 +98,16 @@ B<duration> or B<filesize> to be specified to control when to go to the next
file. It should be noted that each B<-b> parameter takes exactly one criterion;
to specify two criterion, each must be preceded by the B<-b> option.
-=item -B E<lt>capture buffer size (Win32 only)E<gt>
+=item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt>
-Win32 only: set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 1MB). This is used by the
-the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written to
-disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase this size.
+Set capture buffer size (in MB; default is platform-dependent). This is
+used by the the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can
+be written to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try
+to increase this size.
+
+This is available on on UNIX systems with libpcap 1.0.0 or later and on
+Windows. It is not available on UNIX systems with earlier versions of
+libpcap.
=item -c E<lt>capture packet countE<gt>
diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod
index 449be83348..01dc1ec46f 100644
--- a/doc/tshark.pod
+++ b/doc/tshark.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tshark - Dump and analyze network traffic
B<tshark>
S<[ B<-a> E<lt>capture autostop conditionE<gt> ] ...>
S<[ B<-b> E<lt>capture ring buffer optionE<gt>] ...>
-S<[ B<-B> E<lt>capture buffer size (Win32 only)E<gt> ] >
+S<[ B<-B> E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt> ] >
S<[ B<-c> E<lt>capture packet countE<gt> ]>
S<[ B<-C> E<lt>configuration profileE<gt> ]>
S<[ B<-d> E<lt>layer typeE<gt>==E<lt>selectorE<gt>,E<lt>decode-as protocolE<gt> ]>
@@ -179,11 +179,16 @@ B<duration> or B<filesize> to be specified to control when to go to the next
file. It should be noted that each B<-b> parameter takes exactly one criterion;
to specify two criterion, each must be preceded by the B<-b> option.
-=item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt> (Win32 only)
+=item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt>
-Win32 only: set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 1MB). This is used by the
-the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written to
-disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase this size.
+Set capture buffer size (in MB; default is platform-dependent). This is
+used by the the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can
+be written to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try
+to increase this size.
+
+This is available on on UNIX systems with libpcap 1.0.0 or later and on
+Windows. It is not available on UNIX systems with earlier versions of
+libpcap.
=item -c E<lt>capture packet countE<gt>