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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2010-05-18 00:20:30 +0000
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2010-05-18 00:20:30 +0000
commite3038273ca52079210956829d78454eeaaf7671b (patch)
tree991eeacf7748e967822fc9ea40dc30d8a03a618b /doc/dumpcap.pod
parent14c40a21aa2f852623b45af06ee1b4c8f6f3e047 (diff)
Don't write the SP_SUCCESS messages unless -Z was specified.
Add support for a machine-readable "-v" output, which prints only the pcap version string. Give a little more information about the machine-readable format, but note that it's primarily intended for consumption by Wireshark and TShark and is subject to change. Properly hyphenate "pcap-ng". svn path=/trunk/; revision=32851
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diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod
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@@ -191,11 +191,20 @@ link types can be used for the B<-y> option.
=item -M
-When used with B<-D>, B<-L> and B<-S>, print verbose, machine-readable output.
+When used with B<-v>, B<-D>, B<-L> and B<-S>, print machine-readable
+output. The machine-readable output of B<-v> gives only the
+libpcap/WinPcap version information; the machine-readable output of
+B<-D> gives additional per-interface information; the machine-readable
+output of B<-L> gives additional interface capability information and
+additional per-link-layer-type information; the machine-readable output
+of B<-S> doesn't print the column headers. The machine-readable output
+is intended to be read by B<Wireshark> and B<TShark>; its format is
+subject to change from release to release.
=item -n
-Write the output file in the pcapng format instead of the default pcap format.
+Write the output file in the pcap-ng format instead of the default pcap
+format.
=item -p