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authorpdw <>2010-01-20 22:31:56 +0000
committerpdw <>2010-01-20 22:31:56 +0000
commit4eb85aa475324c6f4814fe3cfeb57bcf4aa5df60 (patch)
treefa92d61be16a7c9e44b1fd8f34339771c1eb82b6
parentd81065e8454275c1031dd278c6e40533f580359e (diff)
downloadiftop-4eb85aa475324c6f4814fe3cfeb57bcf4aa5df60.zip
Documentation changes.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog2
-rw-r--r--iftop.88
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 323fa1b..7038c11 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Unattributed items are by Paul Warren and Chris Lightfoot.
0.18
* Various typos in the UI
Gerben Roest <g.roest@grepit.nl>
+* Documentation fixes
+ A. Costa <agcosta@gis.net> (via Debian)
0.17 12/02/06
* Display top scale in bytes when measuring in bytes
diff --git a/iftop.8 b/iftop.8
index 877aafd..01c9620 100644
--- a/iftop.8
+++ b/iftop.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ By default, \fBiftop\fP will look up the hostnames associated with addresses it
finds in packets. This can cause substantial traffic of itself, and may result
in a confusing display. You may wish to suppress display of DNS traffic by
using filter code such as \fBnot port domain\fP, or switch it off entirely,
-by using the \fB-n\fP option or by pressing \fBR\fP when the program is running.
+by using the \fB-n\fP option or by pressing \fBr\fP when the program is running.
By default, \fBiftop\fP counts all IP packets that pass through the filter, and
the direction of the packet is determined according to the direction the packet
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Ignore ethernet broadcast packets.
Count web traffic only, unless it is being directed through a local web cache.
.TP
\fBicmp\fP
-How much bandwith are users wasting trying to figure out why the network is
+How much bandwidth are users wasting trying to figure out why the network is
slow?
.SH OPTIONS
@@ -229,13 +229,13 @@ Sets which column is used to sort the display.
Controls the appearance of each item in the display.
.TP
\fBshow-totals:\fP \fI(yes|no)\fP
-Shows cummulative total for each item.
+Shows cumulative total for each item.
.TP
\fBlog-scale:\fP \fI(yes|no)\fP
Use a logarithmic scale for bar graphs.
.TP
\fBmax-bandwidth:\fP \fIbw\fP
-Fixes the maximum for the bar graph scale to \fIbw\fP, e.g. "10M"
+Fixes the maximum for the bar graph scale to \fIbw\fP, e.g. "10M". Note that the value has to always be in bits, regardless if the option to display in bytes has been chosen.
.TP
\fBnet-filter:\fP \fInet/mask\fP
Defines an IP network boundary for determining packet direction.