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author | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2005-05-30 04:06:22 +0000 |
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committer | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2005-05-30 04:06:22 +0000 |
commit | 047cdd0f2a9f55ab8ef52d2af17090efb446acfb (patch) | |
tree | 9c9b79745f4446571340fde9439874e4a3576f66 /doc | |
parent | feb55854c7ca680de126eef0b03a208d08c82fee (diff) |
First part to fix #148: use command line parameter -o not only for preferences but also for recent settings.
This way we can simply remove the GUI related command line parameters -B, -P and -T, which are useless now.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=14483
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ethereal.pod | 49 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod index d2525198ae..2e62a40bfe 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ ethereal - Interactively browse network traffic B<ethereal> S<[ B<-a> capture autostop condition ] ...> S<[ B<-b> ring buffer options] ...> -S<[ B<-B> byte view height ]> S<[ B<-c> count ]> S<[ B<-f> capture filter expression ]> S<[ B<-h> ]> @@ -19,15 +18,13 @@ S<[ B<-L> ]> S<[ B<-m> font ]> S<[ B<-n> ]> S<[ B<-N> resolving flags ] > -S<[ B<-o> preference setting ] ...> +S<[ B<-o> preference/recent setting ] ...> S<[ B<-p> ]> -S<[ B<-P> packet list height ]> S<[ B<-Q> ]> S<[ B<-r> infile ]> S<[ B<-R> display filter expression ]> S<[ B<-S> ]> S<[ B<-s> snaplen ]> -S<[ B<-T> details view height ]> S<[ B<-t> time stamp format ]> S<[ B<-v> ]> S<[ B<-w> savefile]> @@ -172,28 +169,14 @@ Specify a criterion that specifies when B<Ethereal> is to stop writing to a capture file. The criterion is of the form I<test>B<:>I<value>, where I<test> is one of: -=for man .RS +B<duration>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after I<value> seconds have elapsed. -=for html <P><DL> - -=item duration - -Stop writing to a capture file after I<value> seconds have elapsed. - -=item filesize - -Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches a size of I<value> +B<filesize>:I<value> Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches a size of I<value> kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes). If this option is used together with the -b option, Ethereal will stop writing to the current capture file and switch to the next one if filesize is reached. -=item files - -Stop writing to capture files after I<value> number of files were written. - -=for man .RE - -=for html </DL> +B<files>:I<value> Stop writing to capture files after I<value> number of files were written. =item -b @@ -224,10 +207,6 @@ I<value> kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes). B<files>:I<value> begin again with the first file after I<value> number of files were written (form a ring buffer). -=item -B - -Set the initial height of the byte view (bottom) pane. - =item -c Set the default number of packets to read when capturing live @@ -299,11 +278,13 @@ The letter B<C> enables concurrent (asynchronous) DNS lookups. =item -o -Set a preference value, overriding the default value and any value read -from a preference file. The argument to the flag is a string of the -form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the -preference (which is the same name that would appear in the preference -file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set. +Set a preference or recent value, overriding the default value and any value +read from a preference/recent file. The argument to the flag is a string of +the form I<prefname>B<:>I<value>, where I<prefname> is the name of the +preference/recent value (which is the same name that would appear in the +preference/recent file), and I<value> is the value to which it should be set. +Using the recent settings now replaces the formerly used -B, -P and -T +parameters to manipulate the GUI dimensions. =item -p @@ -314,10 +295,6 @@ traffic sent to or from the machine on which B<Ethereal> is running, broadcast traffic, and multicast traffic to addresses received by that machine. -=item -P - -Set the initial height of the packet list (top) pane. - =item -Q Cause B<Ethereal> to exit after the end of capture session (useful in @@ -346,10 +323,6 @@ Set the default snapshot length to use when capturing live data. No more than I<snaplen> bytes of each network packet will be read into memory, or saved to disk. -=item -T - -Set the initial height of the packet details (middle) pane. - =item -t Set the format of the packet timestamp displayed in the packet list |