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-.TH TCPDUMP 1 "8 April 2018"
+.TH TCPDUMP 1 "2 Apr 2019"
.SH NAME
tcpdump \- dump traffic on a network
.SH SYNOPSIS
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
microsecond resolution and \fBnano\fP for nanosecond resolution. The
default is microsecond resolution.
.TP
+.B \-\-micro
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.B \-\-nano
+.PD
+Shorthands for \fB\-\-time\-stamp\-precision=micro\fP or
+\fB\-\-time\-stamp\-precision=nano\fP, adjusting the time stamp
+precision accordingly. When reading packets from a savefile, using
+\fB\-\-micro\fP truncates time stamps if the savefile was created with
+nanosecond precision. In contrast, a savefile created with microsecond
+precision will have trailing zeroes added to the time stamp when
+\fB\-\-nano\fP is used.
+.TP
.B \-K
.PD 0
.TP
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,
\%pcap-filter(@MAN_MISC_INFO@), \%pcap-tstamp(@MAN_MISC_INFO@)
.LP
.RS
-.I http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap
+.na
+.I https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap
+.ad
.RE
.LP
.SH AUTHORS