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diff --git a/doc/tethereal.pod.template b/doc/tethereal.pod.template index 29a91f8217..0393a18943 100644 --- a/doc/tethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/tethereal.pod.template @@ -172,25 +172,19 @@ kilobytes (where a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes). If a maximum capture file size was specified, cause B<Tethereal> to run in "ring buffer" mode, with the specified number of files. In "ring -buffer" mode, B<Tethereal> 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<Tethereal> 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<Tethereal> 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<Tethereal> will discard the data in -the next file and start writing to it, and so on. +When the first capture file fills up, B<Tethereal> 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 (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<Tethereal> 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. - You can only save files in B<libpcap> format when using a ring buffer. =item -c |