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diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod.template b/doc/ethereal.pod.template index 6a8ad3aabe..db02c73bef 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod.template @@ -118,25 +118,19 @@ kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes). If a maximum capture file size was specified, cause B<Ethereal> to run in "ring buffer" mode, with the specified number of files. In "ring -buffer" mode, B<Ethereal> will write to several capture files; the name -of the first file, while the capture is in progress, will be the name -specified by the B<-w> flag, and subsequent files with have .I<n> -appended, with I<n> counting up. +buffer" mode, B<Ethereal> will write to several capture files. +Their name is based on the number of the file and on the creation date +and time. When the first capture file fills up, B<Ethereal> will switch to writing to the next file, until it fills up the last file, at which point it'll -discard the data in the first file and start writing to that file. When -that file fills up, B<Ethereal> will discard the data in the next file -and start writing to it, and so on. +discard the data in the first file (unless 0 is specified, in which case, +the number of files is unlimited) and start writing to that file and so on. If the optional duration is specified, B<Ethereal> will switch also to the next file when the specified number of seconds has elapsed even if the current file is not completely fills up. -When the capture completes, the files will be renamed to have names -based on the number of the file and on the date and time at which -packets most recently started being written to the file. - =item -B Set the initial height of the byte view (bottom) pane. @@ -1113,7 +1107,7 @@ can save those packets to a file with the I<File:Save As> menu item. The I<Use ring buffer> check box lets you specify that the capture should be done in "ring buffer" mode; the I<Number of files> field -lets you specify the number of files in the ring buffer. +lets you specify the number of files in the ring buffer (0 means unlimited). The I<Rotate capture file every ... second(s)> check box and field lets you to specify that the swith to a next ring buffer file should be done |