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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2003-05-17 17:02:02 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2003-05-17 17:02:02 +0000
commit11b8e719f5e5ff94b5d9e874a2230ed904708bcb (patch)
tree871083a6889f50f0c263f312efd40aff002d72cb
parent926c61b11c050e2f837c04e8867249cce2eb628d (diff)
Add the list of output file format specs to Tethereal's man page.
At some point we should probably add the list automatically, like we do the filter fields. svn path=/trunk/; revision=7686
-rw-r--r--doc/tethereal.pod.template37
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tethereal.pod.template b/doc/tethereal.pod.template
index ce7fde353f..de0639cdc7 100644
--- a/doc/tethereal.pod.template
+++ b/doc/tethereal.pod.template
@@ -75,12 +75,37 @@ in the packet.
When writing packets to a file, B<Tethereal>, by default, writes the
file in B<libpcap> format, and writes all of the packets it sees to the
output file. The B<-F> flag can be used to specify the format in which
-to write the file; it can write the file in B<libpcap> format (standard
-B<libpcap> format, a modified format used by some patched versions of
-B<libpcap>, or the format used by Red Hat Linux 6.1), B<snoop> format,
-uncompressed B<Sniffer> format, Microsoft B<Network Monitor> 1.x format,
-the format used by Windows-based versions of the B<Sniffer>
-software, and the format used by Visual Networks' software.
+to write the file. The following formats are supported:
+
+=over 8
+
+=item B<libpcap> - libpcap (tcpdump, Ethereal, etc.)
+
+=item B<rh6_1libpcap> - Red Hat Linux 6.1 libpcap (tcpdump)
+
+=item B<suse6_3libpcap> - SuSE Linux 6.3 libpcap (tcpdump)
+
+=item B<modlibpcap> - modified libpcap (tcpdump)
+
+=item B<nokialibpcap> - Nokia libpcap (tcpdump)
+
+=item B<lanalyzer> - Novell LANalyzer
+
+=item B<ngsniffer> - Network Associates Sniffer (DOS-based)
+
+=item B<snoop> - Sun snoop
+
+=item B<netmon1> - Microsoft Network Monitor 1.x
+
+=item B<netmon2> - Microsoft Network Monitor 2.x
+
+=item B<ngwsniffer_1_1> - Network Associates Sniffer (Windows-based) 1.1
+
+=item B<ngwsniffer_2_0> - Network Associates Sniffer (Windows-based) 2.00x
+
+=item B<visual> - Visual Networks traffic capture
+
+=back
Read filters in B<Tethereal>, which allow you to select which packets
are to be decoded or written to a file, are very powerful; more fields