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authorgerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2005-04-10 23:12:48 +0000
committergerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7>2005-04-10 23:12:48 +0000
commit70391b7b563bd6207e6d8565fff7217cec4eb50e (patch)
tree0d798f437d0ee7bb39175f0afe16335428ab6bd5 /doc
parent105a180df11576df82c4177dac771e4d99f03f49 (diff)
Add an option to Editcap that adds various types of errors to the capture
file. git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@14046 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/editcap.pod b/doc/editcap.pod
index 9c89b6dc19..ae81b02081 100644
--- a/doc/editcap.pod
+++ b/doc/editcap.pod
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ editcap - Edit and/or translate the format of capture files
=head1 SYNOPSYS
B<editcap>
+S<[ B<-E> error probability]>
S<[ B<-F> file format ]>
-S<[ B<-T> encapsulation type ]>
+S<[ B<-h> ]>
S<[ B<-r> ]>
-S<[ B<-v> ]>
S<[ B<-s> snaplen ]>
S<[ B<-t> time adjustment ]>
-S<[ B<-h> ]>
+S<[ B<-T> encapsulation type ]>
+S<[ B<-v> ]>
I<infile>
I<outfile>
S<[ I<record#> ... ]>
@@ -164,6 +165,12 @@ encapsulation type (for example, it will not translate an Ethernet
capture to an FDDI capture if an Ethernet capture is read and 'B<-T
fddi>' is specified).
+If the B<-E> flag is used to specify a probability (between 0.0 and
+1.0 inclusive), Editcap uses that probability to apply errors to each
+data byte in the file. For instance, a probability of 0.02 means that
+each byte has a 2% chance of having an error. This option is meant to
+be used for fuzz-testing protocol dissectors.
+
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4