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author | guy <guy@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2010-05-08 00:39:07 +0000 |
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committer | guy <guy@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2010-05-08 00:39:07 +0000 |
commit | c7385497860d14de5a250f1ff619648e5c362812 (patch) | |
tree | e1ada74787526508db85b33be7eaec1c74e2bcdc /tshark.c | |
parent | 896bf468f0fb638037dde0ee7ba31ea3c5d433a4 (diff) |
The default capture buffer size is, in fact, *nominally* 1MB; however,
libpcap/WinPcap and the capture mechanism atop which they run might
either silently limit the buffer size to a smaller value or raise it to
a higher value - that's the part that's platform-dependent.
git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@32718 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
Diffstat (limited to 'tshark.c')
-rw-r--r-- | tshark.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ print_usage(gboolean print_ver) fprintf(output, " -I capture in monitor mode, if available\n"); #endif #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(HAVE_PCAP_CREATE) - fprintf(output, " -B <buffer size> size of kernel buffer (def: platform-dependent)\n"); + fprintf(output, " -B <buffer size> size of kernel buffer (def: 1MB)\n"); #endif fprintf(output, " -y <link type> link layer type (def: first appropriate)\n"); fprintf(output, " -D print list of interfaces and exit\n"); |