From b723ee91a05d4c27f54396859cf40be7aa95905e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sake Blok Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 21:09:55 +0000 Subject: From Jason Masker (bug 5240): ` Allow editcap to chop from beginning of packet for decapsulation svn path=/trunk/; revision=35832 --- doc/editcap.pod | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/editcap.pod') diff --git a/doc/editcap.pod b/doc/editcap.pod index 7101ea7d00..bf699723b5 100644 --- a/doc/editcap.pod +++ b/doc/editcap.pod @@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ opened. The default is to use a single output file. =item -C EchoplenE -Sets the chop length to use when writing the packet data. -Each packet is chopped at the packet end by a few bytes of data. +Sets the chop length to use when writing the packet data. Each packet is +chopped by a few bytes of data. Positive values chop at the packet +beginning while negative values chop at the packet end. -This is useful in the rare case that the conversion between two file -formats leaves some random bytes at the end of each packet. +This is useful for chopping headers for decapsulation of an entire capture or +in the rare case that the conversion between two file formats leaves some random +bytes at the end of each packet. =item -d -- cgit v1.2.3