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authorBill Meier <wmeier@newsguy.com>2009-05-12 16:24:57 +0000
committerBill Meier <wmeier@newsguy.com>2009-05-12 16:24:57 +0000
commit927fabd0e508a16636310f0f22e5ba35b36fb709 (patch)
tree4149bd22999459b3d6ee798d24921e365e340358 /doc/mergecap.pod
parent4989352829adb6dbfc0a87ac24c5d4d05e0aabbe (diff)
Update man pages; Add several missing options; Fix typos, Do minor rewording;
editcap: Add description of -i option; dumpcap: Add description of -S option; svn path=/trunk/; revision=28336
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@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ a single output file specified by the B<-w> argument. B<Mergecap> knows
how to read B<libpcap> capture files, including those of B<tcpdump>,
B<Wireshark>, and other tools that write captures in that format.
-By default, it writes the capture file in B<libpcap> format, and writes
-all of the packets in both input capture files to the output file.
+By default, B<Mergecap> writes the capture file in B<libpcap> format, and writes
+all of the packets from the input capture files to the output file.
B<Mergecap> is able to detect, read and write the same capture files that
are supported by B<Wireshark>.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ copied directly from each input file to the output file, independent of
each frame's timestamp.
The output file frame encapsulation type is set to the type of the input
-files, if all input files have the same type. If not all of the input
+files if all input files have the same type. If not all of the input
files have the same frame encapsulation type, the output file type is
set to WTAP_ENCAP_PER_PACKET. Note that some capture file formats, most
notably B<libpcap>, do not currently support WTAP_ENCAP_PER_PACKET.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ file are already in chronological order.
=item -F E<lt>file formatE<gt>
Sets the file format of the output capture file. B<Mergecap> can write
-the file in several formats, B<mergecap -F> provides a list of the
+the file in several formats; B<mergecap -F> provides a list of the
available output formats. The default is to use the file format of the
first input file.