From: guy <guy>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:13:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Some systems with BPF have a cloning device; on those systems, you just
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Some systems with BPF have a cloning device; on those systems, you just
open /dev/bpf.
---

diff --git a/tcpdump.1 b/tcpdump.1
index 17568b13..225a3b1b 100644
--- a/tcpdump.1
+++ b/tcpdump.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/tcpdump/Attic/tcpdump.1,v 1.167.2.10 2005-12-05 20:11:19 guy Exp $ (LBL)
+.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/tcpdump/Attic/tcpdump.1,v 1.167.2.11 2007-06-15 20:13:49 guy Exp $ (LBL)
 .\"
 .\"	$NetBSD: tcpdump.8,v 1.9 2003/03/31 00:18:17 perry Exp $
 .\"
@@ -234,7 +234,10 @@ operation, be enabled on that interface.
 .TP
 .B Under BSD (this includes Mac OS X):
 You must have read access to
-.IR /dev/bpf* .
+.I /dev/bpf*
+on systems that don't have a cloning BPF device, or to
+.I /dev/bpf
+on systems that do.
 On BSDs with a devfs (this includes Mac OS X), this might involve more
 than just having somebody with super-user access setting the ownership
 or permissions on the BPF devices - it might involve configuring devfs