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authorfenner <fenner>2003-07-31 22:36:43 +0000
committerfenner <fenner>2003-07-31 22:36:43 +0000
commitd75ee07998ef8ac0fc1a9a6beea2e15a3ca1f726 (patch)
tree34965cd50bad81274b2642e78895625515c5847e /tcpdump.1
parentebc144f368850175fd63b23295ad275f7b001a4f (diff)
downloadtcpdump-d75ee07998ef8ac0fc1a9a6beea2e15a3ca1f726.tar.gz
Remove the -a flag. It's nonsensical to apply the local netmask to all
addresses, and has been for a lot of years.
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diff --git a/tcpdump.1 b/tcpdump.1
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+++ b/tcpdump.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ tcpdump \- dump traffic on a network
.na
.B tcpdump
[
-.B \-aAdDeflLnNOpqRStuUvxX
+.B \-AdDeflLnNOpqRStuUvxX
] [
.B \-c
.I count
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@ Reading a saved packet file doesn't require special privileges.
Print each packet (minus its link level header) in ASCII. Handy for
capturing web pages.
.TP
-.B \-a
-Attempt to convert network and broadcast addresses to names.
-.TP
.B \-c
Exit after receiving \fIcount\fP packets.
.TP