On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 11:33:14AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 02:15:34PM +0100, Tim Kuijsten wrote: > > > minor inconsistency > > > > > > diff --git a/tcpdump.8 b/tcpdump.8 > > > index ce16951..8c2cf33 100644 > > > --- a/tcpdump.8 > > > +++ b/tcpdump.8 > > > @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ end of this connection. > > > .Ar window > > > is the number of bytes of receive buffer space available > > > at the other end of this connection. > > > -.Ar urg > > > +.Ar urgent > > > indicates there is urgent data in the packet. > > > .Ar options > > > are TCP options enclosed in angle brackets e.g., > > > > > > > hi. > > > > have you established that it's the documentation that is wrong? i.e. > > that "urgent" is printed, and not actually "urg"? > > The situation is a bit more subtle than that. Just above, the manual > page leads with this header. > > The general format of a TCP protocol line is: > > src > dst: flags src-os data-seqno ack window urgent options > > It is saying there's a section of the line regarding the _window_, then a > section regarding _urgent_, then a section regarding _options_. In the > next paragraph it vaguely describes each of these without getting into > the specifics of the actual printed format (for instance, _window_ is > actually printed as " win %u". > > The .Ar above are the "section names" of the line. I think Tim's diff is > right. > >
ok, i see your point (after a bit of head scratching). i'll commit the diff then. jmc
