From 2772a11bd58770fe2eaef308c9db430ba9772f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Morriss Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 11:08:26 -0400 Subject: Document the services file in the man pages. Bug: 11227 Change-Id: Id9cc64820b238bd8c82a758a553e1352398ad885 Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/8664 Reviewed-by: Anders Broman --- doc/wireshark.pod.template | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/wireshark.pod.template') diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index d6493e51d7..b3ba46386c 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -2651,6 +2651,20 @@ multiple of 8. The F file is looked for in the same directory as the global preferences file. +=item Name Resolution (services) + +The F file is used to translate port numbers into names. + +The file has the standard F file syntax; each line contains one +(service) name and one transport identifier separated by white space. The +transport identifier includes one port number and one transport protocol name +(typically tcp, udp, or sctp) separated by a /. + +An example is: + +mydns 5045/udp # My own Domain Name Server +mydns 5045/tcp # My own Domain Name Server + =item Name Resolution (ipxnets) The F files are used to correlate 4-byte IPX network numbers to -- cgit v1.2.1