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author | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-04-25 09:02:04 +0000 |
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committer | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-04-25 09:02:04 +0000 |
commit | e3d1a255a15325f0568e9620bbce49d7333e573d (patch) | |
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build a list of the input file formats instead of a floating text,
added program names to HTML titles,
various minor fixes
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diff --git a/doc/mergecap.pod b/doc/mergecap.pod index 032b78e997..45344ded8b 100644 --- a/doc/mergecap.pod +++ b/doc/mergecap.pod @@ -19,26 +19,93 @@ I<...> 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>, -B<Ethereal>, and other tools that write captures in that format. In -addition, B<Mergecap> can read capture files from B<snoop> and -B<atmsnoop>, Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures, Novell B<LANalyzer> -captures, Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> -(compressed or uncompressed) captures, Microsoft B<Network Monitor> -captures, files from AIX's B<iptrace>, Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> -captures, captures from Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer>, AG -Group/WildPackets B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp> -captures, captures from B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer, B<Lucent/Ascend> -router debug output, files from HP-UX's B<nettl>, the dump output from -B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers, the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD -project, the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion -Detection System, B<pppd logs> (pppdump format), the output from VMS's -B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities, the text output from -the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility, traffic capture files from Visual -Networks' Visual UpTime, the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug, the output -from Accellent's 5Views LAN agents, captures in Endace Measurement -Systems' ERF format, Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces, -captures from Network Instruments Observer version 9, and traces from -the EyeSDN USB S0. There is no need to tell B<Mergecap> what type of +B<Ethereal>, and other tools that write captures in that format. + +B<Mergecap> can read / import the following file formats: + +=over 4 + +=item * +libpcap/WinPcap, tcpdump and various other tools using tcpdump's capture format + +=item * +B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> + +=item * +Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures + +=item * +Novell B<LANalyzer> captures + +=item * +Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures + +=item * +AIX's B<iptrace> captures + +=item * +Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures + +=item * +Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer> captures + +=item * +Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures + +=item * +AG Group/WildPackets B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures + +=item * +B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer captures + +=item * +Network Instruments B<Observer> version 9 captures + +=item * +B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output + +=item * +files from HP-UX's B<nettl> + +=item * +B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output + +=item * +the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project + +=item * +traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0. + +=item * +the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System + +=item * +B<pppd logs> (pppdump format) + +=item * +the output from VMS's B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities + +=item * +the text output from the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility + +=item * +Visual Networks' B<Visual UpTime> traffic capture + +=item * +the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug + +=item * +the output from Accellent's B<5Views> LAN agents + +=item * +Endace Measurement Systems' ERF format captures + +=item * +Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces + +=back + +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 @@ -127,6 +194,8 @@ Sets the snapshot length to use when writing the data. Prints the version and options and exits. +=back + =head1 SEE ALSO I<tcpdump(8)>, I<pcap(3)>, I<ethereal(1)>, I<editcap(1)> |