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diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index b643332ac1..9707311cd7 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -238,11 +238,19 @@ option. Example: B<-b filesize:1024 -b files:5> results in a ring buffer of five files of size one megabyte. -=item -B E<lt>capture buffer size (Win32 only)E<gt> - -Win32 only: set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 1MB). This is used by the -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. +=item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt> + +Set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 1MB). This is used by the +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<Tshark> attempts to set the buffer size +to 1MB 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. + +This is available on on UNIX systems with libpcap 1.0.0 or later and on +Windows. It is not available on UNIX systems with earlier versions of +libpcap. =item -c E<lt>capture packet countE<gt> |