From 0e79762874a89048cb1606234b8b26ba8ca190ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guy Lewin Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 01:46:53 +0300 Subject: Separate flushing the packet buffer from SIGINFO to SIGUSR2 --- tcpdump.1.in | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'tcpdump.1.in') diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in index eced6958..e9831e2d 100644 --- a/tcpdump.1.in +++ b/tcpdump.1.in @@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ in order to use it) and will continue capturing packets. On platforms that do not support the SIGINFO signal, the same can be achieved by using the SIGUSR1 signal. .LP +Using the SIGUSR2 signal along with the +.B \-w +flag will forcibly flush the packet buffer into the output file. +.LP Reading packets from a network interface may require that you have special privileges; see the .B pcap (3PCAP) -- cgit v1.2.1