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| author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2005-03-30 01:06:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2005-03-30 01:06:12 +0000 |
| commit | 8b334b91483e02f48cc0c12a4a342d0d5ff35fcd (patch) | |
| tree | a2a2dd2c6d283c142f5e31d321317b02255ef8bb /doc | |
| parent | 137d5a0fcd8207c68229fdcffcbd35747794e76f (diff) | |
Make it a bit clearer that what "-w" writes is raw binary packet data,
not the result of dissecting that data.
Note that "-F" applies to the output of "-w", that "-S" says "dissect
and print even if you're doing '-w'", and that "-T" applies to the
dissected output, not the "-w" output.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=13975
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tethereal.pod | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tethereal.pod b/doc/tethereal.pod index 3d4bc0e780..28093e9762 100644 --- a/doc/tethereal.pod +++ b/doc/tethereal.pod @@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ Set the capture filter expression. =item -F -Set the file format of the output capture file. +Set the file format of the output capture file written using the B<-w> +flag. =item -h @@ -434,7 +435,8 @@ memory, or saved to disk. =item -S -Decode and display packets even while writing to file. +Decode and display packets even while writing raw packet data using the +B<-w> flag. =item -t @@ -449,7 +451,8 @@ captured. The default is relative. =item -T -Set the format of the output when viewing packet data. The options are: +Set the format of the output when viewing decoded packet data. The +options are: =for man .RS @@ -494,8 +497,8 @@ than a one-line summary of the packet. =item -w -Write packet data to I<savefile> or to the standard output if -I<savefile> is "-". +Write raw packet data to I<savefile> or to the standard output if +I<savefile> is "-". =item -x |