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author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2010-05-08 00:39:07 +0000 |
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committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2010-05-08 00:39:07 +0000 |
commit | 547b9e48a2d351570ee14cdfba0e5d48f6bdd575 (patch) | |
tree | e1ada74787526508db85b33be7eaec1c74e2bcdc /dumpcap.c | |
parent | 0b62cc144ea95d2ca95e80c78f52101a48bef90b (diff) | |
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The default capture buffer size is, in fact, *nominally* 1MB; however,
libpcap/WinPcap and the capture mechanism atop which they run might
either silently limit the buffer size to a smaller value or raise it to
a higher value - that's the part that's platform-dependent.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=32718
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@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ print_usage(gboolean print_ver) { fprintf(output, " -I capture in monitor mode, if available\n"); #endif #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(HAVE_PCAP_CREATE) - fprintf(output, " -B <buffer size> size of kernel buffer (def: platform-dependent)\n"); + fprintf(output, " -B <buffer size> size of kernel buffer (def: 1MB)\n"); #endif fprintf(output, " -y <link type> link layer type (def: first appropriate)\n"); fprintf(output, " -D print list of interfaces and exit\n"); |