From 997940bcfe5954ade589bf7648bad28db5c8ea0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:16:16 +0000
Subject: Update from Scott Renfro to allow mergecap to merge multiple capture
 files into one capture file.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=3714
---
 doc/mergecap.pod | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/mergecap.pod')

diff --git a/doc/mergecap.pod b/doc/mergecap.pod
index 2de167c6d7..f0d7fda248 100644
--- a/doc/mergecap.pod
+++ b/doc/mergecap.pod
@@ -6,28 +6,28 @@ mergecap - Merges two capture files into one
 =head1 SYNOPSYS
 
 B<mergecap>
-S<[ B<-F> file format ]>
-S<[ B<-T> encapsulation type ]>
+S<[ B<-F> I<file format> ]>
+S<[ B<-T> I<encapsulation type> ]>
 S<[ B<-a> ]>
 S<[ B<-v> ]>
-S<[ B<-s> snaplen ]>
+S<[ B<-s> I<snaplen> ]>
 S<[ B<-h> ]>
-I<infile1>
-I<infile2>
-I<outfile>
+S<B<-w> I<outfile>>
+I<infile>
+I<...>
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-B<Mergecap> is a program that reads two saved capture files and merges
-all of the packets in those capture files into a third capture
-file. B<Mergecap> knows how to read B<libpcap> capture files, including
-those of B<tcpdump>.  In addition, B<Mergecap> can read capture files
-from B<snoop> (including B<Shomiti>) and B<atmsnoop>, B<LanAlyzer>,
-B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed), Microsoft B<Network Monitor>,
-AIX's B<iptrace>, B<NetXray>, B<Sniffer Pro>, B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN
-analyzer, B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output, HP-UX's B<nettl>, and
-the dump output from B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers.  There is no need to
-tell B<Mergecap> what type of file you are reading; it will determine the
+B<Mergecap> is a program that combines multiple saved capture files into
+a single output file specified by the B<-w> argument. B<Mergecap> knows
+how to read B<libpcap> capture files, including those of B<tcpdump>.  In
+addition, B<Mergecap> can read capture files from B<snoop> (including
+B<Shomiti>) and B<atmsnoop>, B<LanAlyzer>, B<Sniffer> (compressed or
+uncompressed), Microsoft B<Network Monitor>, AIX's B<iptrace>,
+B<NetXray>, B<Sniffer Pro>, B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer,
+B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output, HP-UX's B<nettl>, and the dump
+output from B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers.  There is no need to tell
+B<Mergecap> what type of file you are reading; it will determine the
 file type by itself.  B<Mergecap> is also capable of reading any of
 these file formats if they are compressed using gzip.  B<Mergecap>
 recognizes this directly from the file; the '.gz' extension is not
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ SuSE Linux 6.3), B<snoop> format, uncompressed B<Sniffer> format,
 Microsoft B<Network Monitor> 1.x format, and the format used by
 Windows-based versions of the B<Sniffer> software.
 
-By default, the packets in the input files are merged in chronological
-order based on each frame's timestamp, unless the B<-a> flag is
-specified.  B<Mergecap> assumes that frames within a single capture file
-are already stored in chronological order.  When the B<-a> flag is
-specified, all the packets from the first input capture file are output,
-followed by all of the packets from the second input capture file.
+Packets from the input files are merged in chronological order based on
+each frame's timestamp, unless the B<-a> flag is specified.  B<Mergecap>
+assumes that frames within a single capture file are already stored in
+chronological order.  When the B<-a> flag is specified, packets are
+copied directly from each input file to the output file, independent of
+each frame's timestamp.
 
 If the B<-s> flag is used to specify a snapshot length, frames in the
 input file with more captured data than the specified snapshot length
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ fddi>' is specified).
 
 =over 4
 
+=item -w
+
+Sets the output filename.
+
 =item -F
 
 Sets the file format of the output capture file.
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