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author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2018-11-16 15:24:52 -0800 |
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committer | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2018-11-16 23:40:23 +0000 |
commit | 4ebe640ec12cb7c0505764c2381983045b353d31 (patch) | |
tree | 72aa9f7545afaa7ef0e26d0afa652b6777312fdd /doc/wireshark.pod.template | |
parent | f300676beca0a6358a7e1ca0349b7160f7cf6de5 (diff) |
Man pages: Update pipe input documentation.
Make sure the -i <pipe> documentation is consistent and correct.
Change-Id: I9019effb658f914ac754e4ae893eafbe7c4b4da1
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/30675
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/wireshark.pod.template')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/wireshark.pod.template | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index 7cee21502f..556775b225 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -416,12 +416,13 @@ non-loopback interfaces, and choosing the first loopback interface if there are no non-loopback interfaces. If there are no interfaces at all, B<Wireshark> reports an error and doesn't start the capture. -Pipe names should be either the name of a FIFO (named pipe) or ``-'' to +Pipe names should be either the name of a FIFO (named pipe) or "-" to read data from the standard input. On Windows systems, pipe names must be -of the form ``\\pipe\.\B<pipename>''. Data read from pipes must be in -standard pcap format. +of the form "\\pipe\.\B<pipename>". Data read from pipes must be in +standard pcapng or pcap format. Pcapng data must have the same +endianness as the capturing host. -This option can occur multiple times. When capturing from multiple +This option can occur multiple times. When capturing from multiple interfaces, the capture file will be saved in pcapng format. =item -I |