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authorulfl <ulfl@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2007-09-25 21:38:54 +0000
committerulfl <ulfl@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2007-09-25 21:38:54 +0000
commit55216d0c4a7af2dbc20b84a98863798a3643c445 (patch)
tree599803588e17050b88ce12148b98a91afeb65352 /doc
parent1b0d55834bc842fcb190ee998f6945014aa35366 (diff)
clarify tshark -B (file format) option
git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@22968 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod
index c650e7147e..acbbf2d2ad 100644
--- a/doc/tshark.pod
+++ b/doc/tshark.pod
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ When writing packets to a file, B<TShark>, by default, writes the
file in B<libpcap> format, and writes all of the packets it sees to the
output file. The B<-F> option can be used to specify the format in which
to write the file. This list of available file formats is displayed by
-the B<-h> flag.
+the B<-F> flag without a value. However, you can't specify a file format
+for a live capture.
Read filters in B<TShark>, which allow you to select which packets
are to be decoded or written to a file, are very powerful; more fields
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@ Set the capture filter expression.
Set the file format of the output capture file written using the B<-w>
option. The output written with the B<-w> option is raw packet data, not
-text, so there is no B<-F> option to request text output.
+text, so there is no B<-F> option to request text output. The option B<-F>
+without a value will list the available formats.
=item -h