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author | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2006-01-11 01:38:16 +0000 |
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committer | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2006-01-11 01:38:16 +0000 |
commit | a5c90d377c11d80003b9c7393ab436036e636918 (patch) | |
tree | 08740121eedc3c5628f1be0b47adf4acafa55225 /doc/capinfos.pod | |
parent | 12331f9cb41abab2db78d889f18883dcdcff7a50 (diff) |
same command line related changes as recently done with editcap
svn path=/trunk/; revision=16996
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 97 deletions
diff --git a/doc/capinfos.pod b/doc/capinfos.pod index 6f476dbdbe..68933891ef 100644 --- a/doc/capinfos.pod +++ b/doc/capinfos.pod @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ =head1 NAME -capinfos - Prints information about binary capture files +capinfos - Prints information about capture files =head1 SYNOPSYS @@ -17,108 +17,25 @@ S<[ B<-y> ]> S<[ B<-i> ]> S<[ B<-z> ]> S<[ B<-h> ]> -I<capfile> +E<lt>I<infile>E<gt> I<...> =head1 DESCRIPTION -B<Capinfos> is a program that reads one or more saved capture files and -returns any or all of several statistics about each file. B<Capinfos> is -able to detect and read any capture supported by the B<Ethereal> package. - -B<Capinfos> can read the following file formats: - -=over 4 - -=item * -libpcap/WinPcap, tcpdump and various other tools using tcpdump's capture format - -=item * -B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> - -=item * -Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures - -=item * -Novell B<LANalyzer> captures - -=item * -Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures - -=item * -AIX's B<iptrace> captures - -=item * -Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures - -=item * -Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer> captures - -=item * -Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures - -=item * -AG Group/WildPackets B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures - -=item * -B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer captures - -=item * -Network Instruments B<Observer> version 9 captures - -=item * -B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output - -=item * -files from HP-UX's B<nettl> - -=item * -B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output - -=item * -the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project - -=item * -traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0. - -=item * -the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System - -=item * -B<pppd logs> (pppdump format) - -=item * -the output from VMS's B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities - -=item * -the text output from the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility - -=item * -Visual Networks' B<Visual UpTime> traffic capture - -=item * -the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug - -=item * -the output from Accellent's B<5Views> LAN agents - -=item * -Endace Measurement Systems' ERF format captures - -=item * -Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces - -=back - -There is no need to tell B<Capinfos> what type of -file you are reading; it will determine the file type by itself. -B<Capinfos> is also capable of reading any of these file formats if they -are compressed using gzip. B<Capinfos> recognizes this directly from the -file; the '.gz' extension is not required for this purpose. +B<Capinfos> is a program that reads one or more capture files and +returns some or all available statistics of each E<lt>I<infile>E<gt>. The user specifies which statistics to report by specifying flags -corresponding to the statistic. If no flags are specified, B<Capinfos> will -report all statistics available. +corresponding to the statistic. If no flags are specified, B<Capinfos> +will report all statistics available. + +B<Capinfos> is able to detect and read the same capture files that are +supported by B<Ethereal>. +The input file doesn't need a specific filename extension, the file +format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected. +The I<capture file format> section of I<ethereal(1)> or +I<http://www.ethereal.com/docs/man-pages/ethereal.1.html> +provides a detailed description. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -196,6 +113,9 @@ I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>, I<ethereal(1)>, I<mergecap(1)>, I<editcap(1)>, I<teth B<Capinfos> is part of the B<Ethereal> distribution. The latest version of B<Ethereal> can be found at B<http://www.ethereal.com>. +HTML versions of the Ethereal project man pages are available at: +http://www.ethereal.com/docs/man-pages + =head1 AUTHORS Original Author |