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-.TH TCPDUMP 1 "6 May 2014"
+.TH TCPDUMP 1 "11 July 2014"
.SH NAME
tcpdump \- dump traffic on a network
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B tcpdump
[
-.B \-AbdDefhHIJKlLnNOpqRStuUvxX
+.B \-AbdDefhHIJKlLnNOpqRStuUvxX#
] [
.B \-B
.I buffer_size
-] [
+]
+.br
+.ti +8
+[
.B \-c
.I count
]
]
.ti +8
[
+.BI \-\-time\-stamp\-precision= tstamp_precision
+]
+[
.B \-\-version
]
+.ti +8
[
.I expression
]
listed.
.TP
.BI \-\-time\-stamp\-precision= tstamp_precision
-.PD
-Set the time stamp precision for the capture to
-\fItstamp_precision\fP. Currently supported are microseconds and
-nanoseconds. Note that availability of high precision time stamps (nanoseconds)
-and their actual accuracy is platform and HW dependent. Also note that when
-writing captures to the savefile, distinct magic number is used to distinguish
-savefiles which contains time stamps in nanoseconds.
+When capturing, set the time stamp precision for the capture to
+\fItstamp_precision\fP. Note that availability of high precision time
+stamps (nanoseconds) and their actual accuracy is platform and hardware
+dependent. Also note that when writing captures made with nanosecond
+accuracy to a savefile, the time stamps are written with nanosecond
+resolution, and the file is written with a different magic number, to
+indicate that the time stamps are in seconds and nanoseconds; not all
+programs that read pcap savefiles will be able to read those captures.
+.LP
+When reading a savefile, convert time stamps to the precision specified
+by \fItimestamp_precision\fP, and display them with that resolution. If
+the precision specified is less than the precision of time stamps in the
+file, the conversion will lose precision.
+.LP
+The supported values for \fItimestamp_precision\fP are \fBmicro\fP for
+microsecond resolution and \fBnano\fP for nanosecond resolution. The
+default is microsecond resolution.
.TP
.B \-K
.PD 0
if you give this flag then \fItcpdump\fP will print ``nic''
instead of ``nic.ddn.mil''.
.TP
+.B \-#
+.PD 0
+.TP
.B \-\-number
+.PD
Print an optional packet number at the beginning of the line.
.TP
.B \-O