Re: [tcpdump-workers] any objection to -P flag -- exit after packet limit

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > "Alexander" == Alexander Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I added the -P flag, which takes a positive number, and has >> tcpdump exit after capturing that many packets. Alexander> How, exactly, is this different from the existing -c Al

[tcpdump-workers] any objection to -P flag -- exit after packet limit

I added the -P flag, which takes a positive number, and has tcpdump exit after capturing that many packets. How, exactly, is this different from the existing -c "Exit after receiving count packets" option? I suppose that one of them might count packets on the interface before filtering, and

[tcpdump-workers] any objection to -P flag -- exit after packet limit

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I added the -P flag, which takes a positive number, and has tcpdump exit after capturing that many packets. It can be combined with the -C flag, but it doesn't cause it to cycle after that many packets, rather the two work independantly. I found I wanted thi