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authorUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2005-02-22 23:46:54 +0000
committerUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2005-02-22 23:46:54 +0000
commita25fd8d7cae3a7516da1f67bb77f11fceebb36e8 (patch)
treecaf528df2cf0376be62a139dc8bae0f198bc1c03 /doc
parent9677b33abf94de8a17c7f02f84b10bd2a1a9cd70 (diff)
add the number of autostop files to the command line parameters, e.g.:
-a files:20 also added this to the manpage, the user's guide will follow later svn path=/trunk/; revision=13473
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@@ -183,7 +183,13 @@ 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>
-kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes).
+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