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author | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-05-20 01:41:52 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-05-20 01:41:52 +0000 |
commit | 17bbb2dbe9f7c51a64f965b69af269afc15a9808 (patch) | |
tree | 4a609e77e2d514a03da8dacb6ab92ee8fb6c5522 /doc/reordercap.pod | |
parent | ab10fed5033a782fd7c45ad17033f852ada95e38 (diff) |
Clean up some documentation a bit, removing non-ASCII characters, formatting like other pages, alphabetizing options, describing options under their own headingadding missing newline at end of file, fixing typos and some minor rewording.
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diff --git a/doc/reordercap.pod b/doc/reordercap.pod index 2b96e7ff07..08a1c9ab69 100644 --- a/doc/reordercap.pod +++ b/doc/reordercap.pod @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ reordercap - Reorder input file by timestamp into output file =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<reorder> +B<reordercap> S<[ B<-n> ]> E<lt>I<infile>E<gt> E<lt>I<outfile>E<gt> @@ -19,20 +19,26 @@ This functionality may be useful when capture files have been created by combining frames from more than one well-synchronised source, but the frames have not been combined in strict time order. -When the B<-n> option is used, B<Reordercap> will, if it finds that the input file -is already in order, not write out the output file. - B<Reordercap> writes the output capture file in the same format as the input capture file. B<Reordercap> is able to detect, read and write the same capture files that are supported by B<Wireshark>. The input file doesn't need a specific filename extension; the file -format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected. +format and an optional gzip compression will be detected automatically. Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html> is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is -the same way B<Reordercap> handles this. +the same way B<reordercap> handles this. + +=head1 OPTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item -n + +When the B<-n> option is used, B<reordercap> will not write out the output +file if it finds that the input file is already in order. =head1 SEE ALSO @@ -44,8 +50,8 @@ text2pcap(1), pcap-filter(7) or tcpdump(8) if it doesn't exist. B<Reordercap> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>. -It may make sense to move this functionality into B<Editcap>, or perhaps -B<Mergecap>, in which case B<reordercap> could be retired. +It may make sense to move this functionality into B<editcap>, or perhaps +B<mergecap>, in which case B<reordercap> could be retired. HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at: L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>. |