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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/editcap.pod | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/editcap.pod b/doc/editcap.pod index 7101ea7d00..bf699723b5 100644 --- a/doc/editcap.pod +++ b/doc/editcap.pod @@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ opened. The default is to use a single output file. =item -C E<lt>choplenE<gt> -Sets the chop length to use when writing the packet data. -Each packet is chopped at the packet end by a few <choplen> bytes of data. +Sets the chop length to use when writing the packet data. Each packet is +chopped by a few <choplen> bytes of data. Positive values chop at the packet +beginning while negative values chop at the packet end. -This is useful in the rare case that the conversion between two file -formats leaves some random bytes at the end of each packet. +This is useful for chopping headers for decapsulation of an entire capture or +in the rare case that the conversion between two file formats leaves some random +bytes at the end of each packet. =item -d |