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| author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:27:18 +0000 |
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| committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:27:18 +0000 |
| commit | fdbc3fd42a5dc889e8c27bdd9f3a79026e096e03 (patch) | |
| tree | 7a4469332fc98c3b02f0549c6e419486d82bb24e /usr.sbin/tcpdump | |
| parent | c9db9bb4184eaea2c607acd8e11305f7014d71db (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-fdbc3fd42a5dc889e8c27bdd9f3a79026e096e03.zip FreeBSD-src-fdbc3fd42a5dc889e8c27bdd9f3a79026e096e03.tar.gz | |
Use `The .Nm utility'
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/tcpdump')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpslice/tcpslice.1 | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpslice/tcpslice.1 b/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpslice/tcpslice.1 index b79c453..d804cf6 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpslice/tcpslice.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpslice/tcpslice.1 @@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ .Op Ar start-time Op end-time .Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Tcpslice -is a program for extracting portions of packet-trace files generated using +The +.Nm +utility extracts portions of packet-trace files generated using .Xr tcpdump 1 Ns 's .Fl w flag. @@ -231,14 +232,16 @@ with a start/end time. Such filenames can be specified with a leading `./'; for example, specify the file `04Jul76.trace' as `./04Jul76.trace'. .Pp -.Nm Tcpslice -cannot read its input from +The +.Nm +utility cannot read its input from .Pa stdin , since it uses random-access to rummage through its input files. .Pp -.Nm Tcpslice -refuses to write to its output if it is a terminal +The +.Nm +utility refuses to write to its output if it is a terminal (as indicated by .Xr isatty 3 ) . This is not a bug but a feature, @@ -249,8 +252,9 @@ or specify an output file via .Fl w . .Pp -.Nm Tcpslice -will not work properly on +The +.Nm +utility will not work properly on .Xr tcpdump 1 files spanning more than one year; with files containing portions of packets whose original length was |
