Add a "captype" file that just reports the type of a capture file, based

on what libwiretap thinks it is.

Update some comments to reflect the death of the hack used to include
(libwiretap) plugin support in programs not built with libwireshark.

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+=head1 NAME
+
+captype - Prints the types of capture files
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<capinfos>
+E<lt>I<infile>E<gt>
+I<...>
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<Captypes> is a program that opens one or more capture files and
+prints the capture file type of each E<lt>I<infile>E<gt>.
+
+B<Capinfos> is able to detect and read the same capture files that are
+supported by B<Wireshark>.
+The input files don't need a specific filename extension; the file
+format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected.
+Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html>
+is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is
+the same way B<Capinfos> handles this.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+pcap(3), wireshark(1), mergecap(1), editcap(1), tshark(1),
+dumpcap(1), capinfos(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8)
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+B<Captype> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution.  The latest version
+of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+
+HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+  Original Author
+  -------- ------
+  Ian Schorr           <ian[AT]ianschorr.com>
+
+
+  Contributors
+  ------------
+  Gerald Combs         <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
+  Jim Young            <jyoung[AT]gsu.edu>