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Diffstat (limited to 'tcpdump.1.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | tcpdump.1.in | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in index d11424ed..984c1964 100644 --- a/tcpdump.1.in +++ b/tcpdump.1.in @@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ Savefiles will have the name specified by which should include a time format as defined by .BR strftime (3). If no time format is specified, each new file will overwrite the previous. +Whenever a generated filename is not unique, tcpdump will overwrite the +preexisting data; providing a time specification that is coarser than the +capture period is therefore not advised. .IP If used in conjunction with the .B \-C @@ -801,9 +804,15 @@ files, allowing them to sort correctly. Used in conjunction with the .B \-G option, this will limit the number of rotated dump files that get -created, exiting with status 0 when reaching the limit. If used with +created, exiting with status 0 when reaching the limit. +.IP +If used in conjunction with both .B \-C -as well, the behavior will result in cyclical files per timeslice. +and +.B \-G, +the +.B \-W +option will currently be ignored, and will only affect the file name. .TP .B \-x When parsing and printing, |