SHMIF_DUMPBUS(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  SHMIF_DUMPBUS(1)

NAME

     shmif_dumpbus -- examine shmif bus contents

SYNOPSIS

     shmif_dumpbus [-h] [-p pcapfile] busfile

DESCRIPTION

     The shmif_dumpbus utility examines the bus of an shmif(4) Ethernet interface.  The most useful feature is converting the bus to the pcap(3)
     file format for later examination.  shmif_dumpbus itself is limited to displaying only very basic information about each frame.

     shmif_dumpbus accepts the following flags:

     -h 	     Print bus header only and skip contents.

     -p pcapfile     Convert bus contents to the pcap(3) format and write the result to pcapfile.  The file - signifies stdout.

EXAMPLES

     Feed the busfile contents to pcap:

	   $ shmif_dumpbus -p - busfile | tcpdump -r -

SEE ALSO

     pcap(3), shmif(4), tcpdump(8)

CAVEATS

     shmif_dumpbus does not lock the busfile and is best used for post-mortem analysis of the bus traffic.

     The timestamp for each frame contains the sender's timestamp and may not be monotonically increasing with respect to the frame order in the
     dump.

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								 January 12, 2011							       BSD