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authorUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2006-01-07 11:28:16 +0000
committerUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2006-01-07 11:28:16 +0000
commit788cb87199a44474bb69d4c422ee528919e91b04 (patch)
treef610fac89e79c73a2a8a0756c207d460d15e63b2 /help
parent44784a9fe4b7dff0a503dab7c51d7c1875cdc14a (diff)
fix bug #654: precise the link to the capture filter syntax (tcpdump man page "expression")
svn path=/trunk/; revision=16976
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diff --git a/help/capture_filters.txt b/help/capture_filters.txt
index b269d9dfba..2afee31c31 100644
--- a/help/capture_filters.txt
+++ b/help/capture_filters.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Filtering packets while capturing
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Capture Filters are used to filter out uninteresting packets already at capture time. This is done to reduce the size of the resulting capture (file) and is especially useful on high traffic networks or for long term capturing.
-Ethereal uses the pcap (libpcap/WinPcap) filter language for capture filters. This language is explained in the tcpdump man page (http://www.tcpdump.org).
+Ethereal uses the pcap (libpcap/WinPcap) filter language for capture filters. This language is explained in the tcpdump man page under "expression" (http://www.tcpdump.org and search for "selects which").
Note: This capture filter language is different from the one used for the Ethereal display filters!