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-rw-r--r--doc/capinfos.pod15
-rw-r--r--doc/dumpcap.pod8
-rw-r--r--doc/editcap.pod15
-rw-r--r--doc/idl2wrs.pod8
-rw-r--r--doc/mergecap.pod15
-rw-r--r--doc/text2pcap.pod6
-rw-r--r--doc/tshark.pod19
-rw-r--r--doc/wireshark-filter.pod.template10
-rw-r--r--doc/wireshark.pod14
9 files changed, 59 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/doc/capinfos.pod b/doc/capinfos.pod
index 01639f7499..d8c071fcf1 100644
--- a/doc/capinfos.pod
+++ b/doc/capinfos.pod
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ will report all statistics available.
B<Capinfos> is able to detect and read the same capture files that are
supported by B<Wireshark>.
-The input files don't need a specific filename extension, the file
+The input files don't need a specific filename extension; the file
format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected.
-The I<capture file format> section of I<wireshark(1)> or
-I<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
-provides a detailed description.
+Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
+is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is
+the same way B<Capinfos> handles this.
=head1 OPTIONS
@@ -106,15 +107,15 @@ Prints the help listing and exits.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>, I<wireshark(1)>, I<mergecap(1)>, I<editcap(1)>, I<tshark(1)>
+tcpdump(8), pcap(3), wireshark(1)>, mergecap(1), editcap(1), tshark(1)
=head1 NOTES
B<Capinfos> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version
-of B<Wireshark> can be found at B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
-http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
=head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod
index a5a48ddf49..721b2cf3b4 100644
--- a/doc/dumpcap.pod
+++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod
@@ -194,19 +194,19 @@ reported by B<-L> are the values that can be used.
=head1 CAPTURE FILTER SYNTAX
-See the manual page of I<tcpdump(8)>.
+See the manual page of tcpdump(8).
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<wireshark(1)>, I<tshark(1)>, I<editcap(1)>, I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>
+wireshark(1), tshark(1), editcap(1), tcpdump(8), pcap(3)
=head1 NOTES
B<Dumpcap> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version
-of B<Wireshark> can be found at B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
-http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
=head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/editcap.pod b/doc/editcap.pod
index acf4732181..b361203382 100644
--- a/doc/editcap.pod
+++ b/doc/editcap.pod
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ in that case I<only> the selected packets will be written to the capture file.
B<Editcap> is able to detect, read and write the same capture files that
are supported by B<Wireshark>.
-The input file doesn't need a specific filename extension, the file
+The input file doesn't need a specific filename extension; the file
format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected.
-The I<capture file format> section of I<wireshark(1)> or
-I<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
-provides a detailed description.
+Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
+is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is
+the same way B<Editcap> handles this.
B<Editcap> can write the file in several output formats. The B<-F>
flag can be used to specify the format in which to write the capture
@@ -199,15 +200,15 @@ To introduce 5% random errors in a capture file use:
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>, I<wireshark(1)>, I<mergecap(1)>
+tcpdump(8), pcap(3), wireshark(1), mergecap(1)
=head1 NOTES
B<Editcap> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version
-of B<Wireshark> can be found at B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
-http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
=head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/idl2wrs.pod b/doc/idl2wrs.pod
index fffedb25de..43078951bf 100644
--- a/doc/idl2wrs.pod
+++ b/doc/idl2wrs.pod
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ eg: PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python1.5/
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<wireshark(1)>
+wireshark(1)
=head1 NOTES
B<idl2wrs> (including B<wireshark_be.py> and B<wireshark_gen.py>) are part of
the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version of B<Wireshark> can
-be found at B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
-B<idl2wrs> uses B<omniidl>, and IDL parser, and can be found at
-B<http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/>
+B<idl2wrs> uses B<omniidl>, an IDL parser, and can be found at
+L<http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/>
=head1 TODO
diff --git a/doc/mergecap.pod b/doc/mergecap.pod
index 3709764571..f00c74370d 100644
--- a/doc/mergecap.pod
+++ b/doc/mergecap.pod
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ all of the packets in both input capture files to the output file.
B<Mergecap> is able to detect, read and write the same capture files that
are supported by B<Wireshark>.
-The input files don't need a specific filename extension, the file
+The input files don't need a specific filename extension; the file
format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected.
-The I<capture file format> section of I<wireshark(1)> or
-I<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
-provides a detailed description.
+Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
+is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is
+the same way B<Mergecap> handles this.
B<Mergecap> can write the file in several output formats.
The B<-F> flag can be used to specify the format in which to write the
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ fddi>' is specified).
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>, I<wireshark(1)>, I<editcap(1)>
+tcpdump(8), pcap(3), wireshark(1), editcap(1)
=head1 NOTES
@@ -128,10 +129,10 @@ B<Mergecap> is based heavily upon B<editcap> by Richard Sharpe
<sharpe[AT]ns.aus.com> and Guy Harris <guy[AT]alum.mit.edu>.
B<Mergecap> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version
-of B<Wireshark> can be found at B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
-http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
=head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/text2pcap.pod b/doc/text2pcap.pod
index 585cf2f3f4..bb17f6c595 100644
--- a/doc/text2pcap.pod
+++ b/doc/text2pcap.pod
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ SCTP header.
=item -t E<lt>timefmtE<gt>
Treats the text before the packet as a date/time code; I<timefmt> is a
-format string of the sort supported by B<strptime(3)>.
+format string of the sort supported by strptime(3).
Example: The time "10:15:14.5476" has the format code "%H:%M:%S."
B<NOTE:> The subsecond component delimiter must be specified (.) but no
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ a second.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<od(1)>, I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>, I<wireshark(1)>, I<editcap(1)>, I<strptime(3)>.
+od(1), tcpdump(8), pcap(3), wireshark(1), editcap(1), strptime(3).
=head1 NOTES
B<Text2pcap> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version
-of B<Wireshark> can be found at B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
=head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod
index 4c8f3ac087..8391b8b466 100644
--- a/doc/tshark.pod
+++ b/doc/tshark.pod
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ interface and displays a summary line on stdout for each received packet.
B<TShark> is able to detect, read and write the same capture files that
are supported by B<Wireshark>.
-The input file doesn't need a specific filename extension, the file
+The input file doesn't need a specific filename extension; the file
format and an optional gzip compression will be automatically detected.
-The I<capture file format> section of I<wireshark(1)> or
-I<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
-provides a detailed description.
+Near the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section of wireshark(1) or
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.1.html>
+is a detailed description of the way B<Wireshark> handles this, which is
+the same way B<Tshark> handles this.
Compressed file support uses (and therefore requires) the zlib library.
If the zlib library is not present, B<TShark> will compile, but will
@@ -710,12 +711,12 @@ SIP packets exchanged by the host at IP address 1.2.3.4 .
=head1 CAPTURE FILTER SYNTAX
-See the manual page of I<tcpdump(8)>.
+See the manual page of tcpdump(8).
=head1 READ FILTER SYNTAX
For a complete table of protocol and protocol fields that are filterable
-in B<TShark> see the I<wireshark-filter(4)> manual page.
+in B<TShark> see the wireshark-filter(4) manual page.
=head1 FILES
@@ -857,15 +858,15 @@ personal preferences file.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<wireshark-filter(4)> I<wireshark(1)>, I<editcap(1)>, I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>
+wireshark-filter(4), wireshark(1), editcap(1), tcpdump(8), pcap(3)
=head1 NOTES
B<TShark> is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution. The latest version
-of B<Wireshark> can be found at B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+of B<Wireshark> can be found at L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
-http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
=head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/wireshark-filter.pod.template b/doc/wireshark-filter.pod.template
index 5e410bf375..020c02f3d1 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark-filter.pod.template
+++ b/doc/wireshark-filter.pod.template
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ This example shows an interesting PCRE feature: pattern match options have to
be specified with the B<(?>optionB<)> construct. For instance, B<(?i)> performs
a case-insensitive pattern match. More information on PCRE can be found in the
pcrepattern(3) man page (Perl Regular Expressions are explained in
-B<http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlre.html>).
+L<http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlre.html>).
Note: the "matches" operator is only available if B<Wireshark> or B<TShark>
have been compiled with the PCRE library. This can be checked by running:
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ field is also given.
The B<wireshark-filters> manpage is part of the B<Wireshark> distribution.
The latest version of B<Wireshark> can be found at
-B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
Regular expressions in the "matches" operator are provided with B<libpcre>,
the Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions library: see B<http://www.pcre.org/>.
@@ -388,12 +388,12 @@ the Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions library: see B<http://www.pcre.org/>.
This manpage does not describe the capture filter syntax, which is
different. See the tcpdump(8) manpage for a description of capture
filters. Microsoft Windows versions use WinPcap from
-B<http://www.winpcap.org/> for which the capture filter syntax is described
-in B<http://www.winpcap.org/docs/man/html/group__language.html>.
+L<http://www.winpcap.org/> for which the capture filter syntax is described
+in L<http://www.winpcap.org/docs/man/html/group__language.html>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<wireshark(1)>, I<tshark(1)>, I<editcap(1)>, I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>
+wireshark(1), tshark(1), editcap(1), tcpdump(8), pcap(3)
=head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod b/doc/wireshark.pod
index 0e68a3046e..30c9272b73 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark.pod
+++ b/doc/wireshark.pod
@@ -1373,7 +1373,8 @@ Display locally installed HTML versions of these manual pages in a web browser.
=item Help:Wireshark Online
-Various links to online resources to be open in a web browser, like http://www.wireshark.org.
+Various links to online resources to be open in a web browser, like
+L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
=item Help:About Wireshark
@@ -1954,12 +1955,12 @@ protocols built into Wireshark are.
=head1 CAPTURE FILTER SYNTAX
-See the manual page of I<tcpdump(8)>.
+See the manual page of tcpdump(8).
=head1 DISPLAY FILTER SYNTAX
For a complete table of protocol and protocol fields that are filterable
-in B<Wireshark> see the I<wireshark-filter(4)> manual page.
+in B<Wireshark> see the wireshark-filter(4) manual page.
=head1 FILES
@@ -2204,12 +2205,15 @@ See above in the description of the About:Plugins page.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-I<wireshark-filter(4)> I<tshark(1)>, I<editcap(1)>, I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>
+wireshark-filter(4), tshark(1), editcap(1), tcpdump(8), pcap(3)
=head1 NOTES
The latest version of B<Wireshark> can be found at
-B<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+L<http://www.wireshark.org>.
+
+HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
+L<http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
=head1 AUTHORS
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