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diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod index 76c2cac8d6..7b70819826 100644 --- a/doc/dumpcap.pod +++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod @@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ 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 default capture file format is B<pcap-ng> format. When the B<-P> option is specified, the output file is written in the -B<libpcap> format. +B<pcap> format. -Without any options set it will -use the pcap library to capture traffic from the first available network -interface and writes the received raw packet data, along with the packets' -time stamps into a libpcap file. +Without any options set it will use the libpcap/WinPcap library to +capture traffic from the first available network interface and writes +the received raw packet data, along with the packets' time stamps into a +pcap file. If the B<-w> option is not specified, B<Dumpcap> writes to a newly -created libpcap file with a randomly chosen name. +created pcap file with a randomly chosen name. If the B<-w> option is specified, B<Dumpcap> writes to the file specified by that option. @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ B<Dumpcap> reports an error and doesn't start the capture. Pipe names should be either the name of a FIFO (named pipe) or ``-'' to read data from the standard input. Data read from pipes must be in -standard libpcap format. +standard pcap format. This option can occur multiple times. When capturing from multiple interfaces, the capture file will be saved in pcap-ng format. |