diff options
author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2006-07-27 17:53:29 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2006-07-27 17:53:29 +0000 |
commit | 9045703e2c55f45844b521ddeb027bbc12f4b220 (patch) | |
tree | b93511f5ac4d66175a0983f6a8f4d591c79b638a /doc | |
parent | 52e9a9c01226cb5999c62fe3008bff0bef0265ce (diff) |
Add duplicate frame detection (and removal) to editcap. (Some switches
generate duplicate packets when a mirror/SPAN port is misconfigured).
svn path=/trunk/; revision=18800
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/editcap.pod | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/editcap.pod b/doc/editcap.pod index 8e3cb6327c..1abf4a7a77 100644 --- a/doc/editcap.pod +++ b/doc/editcap.pod @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ editcap - Edit and/or translate the format of capture files B<editcap> S<[ B<-c> E<lt>packets per fileE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-C> E<lt>choplenE<gt> ]> +S<[ B<-d> ]> S<[ B<-E> E<lt>error probabilityE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-F> E<lt>file formatE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-A> E<lt>start timeE<gt> ]> @@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ Each packet is chopped at the packet end by a few <choplen> bytes of data. This is useful in the rare case that the conversion between two file formats leaves some random bytes at the end of each packet. +=item -d + +Attempts to remove duplicate packets. The length and MD5 sum of the +current packet are compared to the previous four packets. If a match +is found, the packet is skipped. + =item -E E<lt>error probabilityE<gt> Sets the probabilty that bytes in the output file are randomly changed. |