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authorChris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM>2013-05-20 01:41:52 +0000
committerChris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM>2013-05-20 01:41:52 +0000
commit17bbb2dbe9f7c51a64f965b69af269afc15a9808 (patch)
tree4a609e77e2d514a03da8dacb6ab92ee8fb6c5522 /doc
parentab10fed5033a782fd7c45ad17033f852ada95e38 (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.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=49424
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/asn2deb.pod35
-rw-r--r--doc/idl2deb.pod38
-rw-r--r--doc/idl2wrs.pod16
-rw-r--r--doc/reordercap.pod22
4 files changed, 71 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/doc/asn2deb.pod b/doc/asn2deb.pod
index 716261e1f7..5001466299 100644
--- a/doc/asn2deb.pod
+++ b/doc/asn2deb.pod
@@ -5,8 +5,21 @@ asn2deb - create a Debian package for BER monitoring from ASN.1
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<asn2deb> [-a I<ASN.1 file>] [--asn=I<ASN.1 file>] [B<-d >I<opts>] [B<--dbopts=>I<opts>] [B<-e >I<address>]
-[B<--email=>I<address>] [B<-h>] [B<--help>] [B<-n >I<name>] [B<--name=>I<name>] [B<-p>] [B<--preserve>] [B<-v>] [B<--version>]
+B<asn2deb>
+S<[ B<-a> E<lt>ASN.1 fileE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<--asn>=E<lt>ASN.1 fileE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<-d> E<lt>optsE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<--dbopts>=E<lt>optsE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<-e> E<lt>addressE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<--email>=E<lt>addressE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<-h> ]>
+S<[ B<--help> ]>
+S<[ B<-n> E<lt>nameE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<--name>=E<lt>nameE<gt> ]>
+S<[ B<-p> ]>
+S<[ B<--preserve> ]>
+S< [B<-v> ]>
+S<[ B<--version> ]>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,31 +32,31 @@ The type table is generated by the ASN.1 compiler B<snacc>.
=over 4
-=item B<-a >I<ASN.1 file> B<--asn=>I<ASN.1 file>
+=item -a E<lt>ASN.1 fileE<gt> --asn=E<lt>ASN.1 fileE<gt>
ASN.1 file to use (mandatory).
-=item B<-d >I<opts> B<--dbopts=>I<opts>
+=item -d E<lt>optsE<gt> --dbopts=E<lt>optsE<gt>
options for dpkg-buildpackage.
-=item B<-e >I<address> B<--email=>I<address>
+=item -e E<lt>addressE<gt> --email=E<lt>addressE<gt>
use e-mail address.
-=item B<-h> B<--help>
+=item -h --help
print help and exit.
-=item B<-n >I<name> B<--name=>I<name>
+=item -n E<lt>nameE<gt> --name=E<lt>nameE<gt>
use user name.
-=item B<-p> B<--preserve>
+=item -p --preserve
do not overwrite files.
-=item B<-v> B<--version>
+=item -v --version
print version and exit.
@@ -68,8 +81,8 @@ the Free Software Foundation.
=head1 AUTHOR
-B<W. Borgert> Author.
+B<W. Borgert> Author.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 W. Borger \ No newline at end of file
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 W. Borger
diff --git a/doc/idl2deb.pod b/doc/idl2deb.pod
index cd9dd1de52..36e4b35118 100644
--- a/doc/idl2deb.pod
+++ b/doc/idl2deb.pod
@@ -5,9 +5,21 @@ idl2deb - create a Debian package for CORBA monitoring from IDL
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<idl2deb> [B<-d >I<opts>] [B<--dbopts=>I<opts>] [B<-e >I<address>] [B<--email=>I<address>] [-i I<idlfile>]
-[--idl=I<idlfile>] [B<-h>] [B<--help>] [B<-n >I<name>] [B<--name=>I<name>] [B<-p>] [B<--preserve>] [B<-v>] [B<--version>]
-
+B<idl2deb>
+S< [ B<-d> E<lt>optsE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<--dbopts>=E<lt>optsE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<-e> E<lt>addressE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<--email>=E<lt>addressE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<-h> ]>
+S< [ B<--help> ]>
+S< [ B<-i> E<lt>idlfileE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<--idl>=E<lt>idlfileE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<-n> E<lt>nameE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<--name>=E<lt>nameE<gt> ]>
+S< [ B<-p> ]>
+S< [ B<--preserve> ]>
+S< [ B<-v> ]>
+S< [ B<--version> ]>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,31 +31,31 @@ package contains a loadable module for the wireshark network analyser.
=over 4
-=item B<-d>I<opts> B<--dbopts=>I<opts>
+=item -d E<lt>optsE<gt> --dbopts=E<lt>optsE<gt>
options for dpkg-buildpackage.
-=item B<-e >I<address> B<--email=>I<address>
+=item -e E<lt>addressE<gt> --email=E<lt>addressE<gt>
use e-mail address.
-=item B<-i >I<idlfile> B<--idl=>I<idlfile>
+=item -h --help
-IDL file to use (mandatory)
+print help and exit.
-=item B<-h> B<--help>
+=item -i E<lt>idlfileE<gt> --idl=E<lt>idlfileE<gt>
-print help and exit.
+IDL file to use (mandatory)
-=item B<-n >I<name> B<--name=>I<name>
+=item -n E<lt>nameE<gt> --name=E<lt>nameE<gt>
use user name.
-=item B<-p> B<--preserve>
+=item -p --preserve
do not overwrite files.
-=item B<-v> B<--version>
+=item -v --version
print version and exit.
@@ -67,7 +79,7 @@ the Free Software Foundation.
=head1 AUTHOR
-B<W. Borgert> Author.
+B<W. Borgert> Author.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/doc/idl2wrs.pod b/doc/idl2wrs.pod
index 812ce432a1..b6fb7998cd 100644
--- a/doc/idl2wrs.pod
+++ b/doc/idl2wrs.pod
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ idl2wrs - CORBA IDL to Wireshark Plugin Generator
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<idl2wrs> filename
+B<idl2wrs> E<lt>filenameE<gt>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-B<idl2wrs> is a program that takes a user specified B<CORBA IDL>
+B<idl2wrs> is a program that takes a user specified B<CORBA IDL>
file and generates B<"C"> source code for a B<Wireshark> "plugin".
This resulting file can be compiled as a B<Wireshark> plugin, and
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ These programs are:
B<wireshark_be.py> - Contains the main IDL Visitor Class
-B<wireshark_gen.py> - Contains the Source Code Generator Class
+B<wireshark_gen.py> - Contains the Source Code Generator Class
=back
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ method unless you have some namespace collisions.
Currently there are no options. B<idl2wrs> can be invoked as follows.
-1. To write the C code to stdout.
+1. To write the C code to stdout.
idl2wrs <your_file.idl>
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ The B<-p> option passed to omniidl (inside B<idl2wrs>) indicates where
B<wireshark_be.py> and B<wireshark_gen.py> will be searched. This may
need tweaking if you place these files somewhere else.
-If it complains about being unable to find some modules (eg tempfile.py),
+If it complains about being unable to find some modules (eg tempfile.py),
you may want to check if PYTHONPATH is set correctly.
-eg: PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python1.5/
+eg: PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python1.5/
=head1 SEE ALSO
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ wireshark(1), tshark(1)
=head1 NOTES
-B<idl2wrs> (including B<wireshark_be.py> and B<wireshark_gen.py>) are part of
-the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version of B<Wireshark> can
+B<idl2wrs> (including B<wireshark_be.py> and B<wireshark_gen.py>) are part of
+the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version of B<Wireshark> can
be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
B<idl2wrs> uses B<omniidl>, an IDL parser, and can be found at
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>.