Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Could someone with more knowledge than me update/improve the editcap manpage? [PA

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Jaap Keuter wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It is not so much the -r option that is misleading, it's the synopsys
> which doesn't make clear that the command can work on a range of packets.
> I can suggest the following change for that:
>
> Index: editcap.pod
> ===================================================================
> --- editcap.pod (revision 16189)
> +++ editcap.pod (working copy)
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
> S<[ B<-v> ]>
> I<infile>
> I<outfile>
> -S<[ I<record#> ... ]>
> +S<[ [-I<record#>] | [I<record#>[-[I<record#>]] ] [...]>
>
> =head1 DESCRIPTION
>
> This changes the synopsys into
>
> SYNOPSYS
>       editcap [ -E error probability] [ -F file format ] [ -h ] [ -r ]
>       [ -s snaplen ] [ -t time adjustment ] [ -T encapsulation type ]
>       [ -v ] infile outfile [ [-record#] | [record#[-[record#]] ] [...]
>
> And even though it is more complicated it covers the ranges question.
>
>  
Thanks for trying to fix this.

IMHO Unfortunately, I think it complicates more than it solves.

Why not simply add an (a few) *examples* of the usage.

Regards, ULFL