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diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod index 6b9723950a..597fe43a79 100644 --- a/doc/dumpcap.pod +++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ S<[ B<-f> E<lt>capture filterE<gt> ]> S<[ B<-h> ]> S<[ B<-i> E<lt>capture interfaceE<gt>|- ]> S<[ B<-L> ]> +S<[ B<-n> ]> S<[ B<-M> ]> S<[ B<-p> ]> S<[ B<-s> E<lt>capture snaplenE<gt> ]> @@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ B<Dumpcap> is a network traffic dump tool. It lets you capture packet data from a live network and write the packets to a file. B<Dumpcap>'s native capture file format is B<libpcap> format, which is also the format used by B<Wireshark>, B<tcpdump> and various other tools. +When the B<-n> option is specified, the output file is written in the +new B<pcapng> format. Without any options set it will use the pcap library to capture traffic from the first available network @@ -165,6 +168,10 @@ link types can be used for the B<-y> option. When used with B<-D> and B<-L>, print verbose, machine-readable output. +=item -n + +Write the output file in the pcapng format instead of the default pcap format. + =item -p I<Don't> put the interface into promiscuous mode. Note that the |