-.\" @(#) $Id: pppdump.8,v 1.1 1999/04/01 11:44:55 paulus Exp $
+.\" @(#) $Id: pppdump.8,v 1.2 2004/11/13 12:22:49 paulus Exp $
.TH PPPDUMP 8 "1 April 1999"
.SH NAME
pppdump \- convert PPP record file to readable format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pppdump
[
-.B -h
+.B \-h
|
-.B -p
+.B \-p
[
-.B -d
+.B \-d
]] [
-.B -r
+.B \-r
] [
-.B -m \fImru
+.B \-a
+] [
+.B \-m \fImru
] [
.I file \fR...
]
.PP
The options are as follows:
.TP
-.B -h
+.B \-h
Prints the bytes sent and received in hexadecimal. If neither this
-option nor the \fB-p\fR option is specified, the bytes are printed as
+option nor the \fB\-p\fR option is specified, the bytes are printed as
the characters themselves, with non-printing and non-ASCII characters
printed as escape sequences.
.TP
-.B -p
+.B \-p
Collects the bytes sent and received into PPP packets, interpreting
the async HDLC framing and escape characters and checking the FCS
(frame check sequence) of each packet. The packets are printed as hex
values and as characters (non-printable characters are printed as
`.').
.TP
-.B -d
-With the \fB-p\fR option, this option causes
+.B \-d
+With the \fB\-p\fR option, this option causes
.B pppdump
to decompress packets which have been compressed with the BSD-Compress
or Deflate methods.
.TP
-.B -r
+.B \-r
Reverses the direction indicators, so that `sent' is printed for
bytes or packets received, and `rcvd' is printed for bytes or packets
sent.
.TP
-.B -m \fImru
+.B \-a
+Prints absolute times.
+.TP
+.B \-m \fImru
Use \fImru\fR as the MRU (maximum receive unit) for both directions of
-the link when checking for over-length PPP packets (with the \fB-p\fR
+the link when checking for over-length PPP packets (with the \fB\-p\fR
option).
.SH SEE ALSO
pppd(8)