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| author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2000-01-15 06:05:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2000-01-15 06:05:21 +0000 |
| commit | 278b21900abfc3a189a675d441b7600941b43383 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e9f528e187d85c6ea8b08555a948619039c44e2 /doc | |
| parent | 8a1ecc5d83d76300a32a0ad8f89618c1733a1a21 (diff) | |
If no "-i" flag is specified to Tethereal when no file is to be read,,
or to Ethereal when the "-k" flag is specified, i.e. when a capture is
to be started immediately, use "pcap_lookupdev()" to pick an interface,
just as tcpdump does.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1482
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ethereal.pod.template | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tethereal.pod.template | 8 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod.template b/doc/ethereal.pod.template index 77bf938c42..b2b8eb0199 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod.template @@ -94,14 +94,17 @@ Prints the version and options and exits. =item -i -Sets the name of the interface to use for live packet capture. It -should match one of the names listed in "B<netstat -i>" or "B<ifconfig -a>". +Sets the name of the network interface to use for live packet capture. +It should match one of the names listed in "B<netstat -i>" or +"B<ifconfig -a>". =item -k -Starts the capture session immediately; this option requires -the B<-i> parameter, specifying the interface on which the capture -should be done. +Starts the capture session immediately. If the B<-i> flag was +specified, the capture uses the specified interface. Otherwise, +B<Ethereal> searches the list of interfaces on the system for the +lowest-numbered, configured-up interface (excluding loopback +interfaces); ties are broken by choosing the earliest match. =item -m diff --git a/doc/tethereal.pod.template b/doc/tethereal.pod.template index 6de9428875..57eaa4a17f 100644 --- a/doc/tethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/tethereal.pod.template @@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ Prints the version and options and exits. =item -i -Sets the name of the interface to use for live packet capture. It -should match one of the names listed in "B<netstat -i>" or "B<ifconfig -a>". +Sets the name of the network interface to use for live packet capture. +It should match one of the names listed in "B<netstat -i>" or +"B<ifconfig -a>". If no interface is specified, B<Ethereal> searches +the list of interfaces on the system for the lowest-numbered, +configured-up interface (excluding loopback interfaces); ties are broken +by choosing the earliest match. =item -n |