Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Column Widths with -S on 0.6.3

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:18:32 -0500
On Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 10:29:16AM -0500, Michael David Spiceland wrote:
> 
> 
> What does teh -S option do?  I just tried it for the heck of it, but with
> that option it does not seem to do anything when I tell it to capture.  IT
> stays in the Ready to Load or Capture mode.

It's supposed to synchronize the packet list with the capture file
while you're capturing. See the description of it in the ethereal man page.

--gilbert