From 93f15d640cc3d00cd76bdd054d998e8cd2885eac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Maynard Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 19:17:12 +0000 Subject: Specify SI units for the max filesize autostop condition. For now, keep the capture buffer size in IEC units, but document it as such. #BACKPORT(1.10, 1.8(?)) svn path=/trunk/; revision=53728 --- doc/wireshark.pod.template | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/wireshark.pod.template') diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index 8a0e584918..73eb0c13c1 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ B:I Stop writing to a capture file after I seconds have elapsed. B:I Stop writing to a capture file after it reaches a size of -I KiB. If this option is used together with the -b option, Wireshark +I kB. If this option is used together with the -b option, Wireshark will stop writing to the current capture file and switch to the next one if filesize is reached. Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB. @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ B:I switch to the next file after I seconds have elapsed, even if the current file is not completely filled up. B:I switch to the next file after it reaches a size of -I KiB. Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB. +I kB. Note that the filesize is limited to a maximum value of 2 GiB. B:I begin again with the first file after I number of files were written (form a ring buffer). This value must be less than 100000. @@ -275,16 +275,16 @@ go to the next file. It should be noted that each B<-b> parameter takes exactly one criterion; to specify two criterion, each must be preceded by the B<-b> option. -Example: B<-b filesize:1024 -b files:5> results in a ring buffer of five files -of size one megabyte. +Example: B<-b filesize:1000 -b files:5> results in a ring buffer of five files +of size one megabyte each. =item -B Ecapture buffer sizeE -Set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 2MB). This is used by the +Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 2 MiB). This is used by the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase this size. Note that, while B attempts to set the buffer size -to 2MB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the +to 2 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value. @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ occurrence of the B<-i> option, it sets the default capture buffer size. If used after an B<-i> option, it sets the capture buffer size for the interface specified by the last B<-i> option occurring before this option. If the capture buffer size is not set specifically, -the default capture buffer size is used if provided. +the default capture buffer size is used instead. =item -c Ecapture packet countE @@ -2380,8 +2380,8 @@ you specify that the switch to a next file should be done after the specified time has elapsed, even if the specified capture size is not reached. The I field lets you specify the number -of files of a ring buffer. This feature will capture into to the first file -again, after the specified amount of files were used. +of files of a ring buffer. This feature will capture into the first file +again, after the specified number of files have been used. The I field lets you specify the number of capture files used, until the capture is stopped. -- cgit v1.2.1