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@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ How to add new code and to update existing code
Each line in this file has the following format:
test-name sample.pcap sample.out tcpdump-options
- the sample.out file can be build by:
+ The sample.out file can be build by:
(cd tests && ../tcpdump -n -t -r sample.pcap tcpdump-options > sample.out)
+ Or, for convenience, use "./update-test.sh test-name"
+
It is often useful to have test outputs with different verbosity levels
(none, -v, -vv, -vvv, etc.) depending on the code.