1PPPDUMP(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 PPPDUMP(8)
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NAME

6       pppdump - convert PPP record file to readable format
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SYNOPSIS

9       pppdump [ -h | -p [ -d ]] [ -r ] [ -a ] [ -m mru ] [ file ...  ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  pppdump utility converts the files written using the record option
13       of pppd into a human-readable format.  If one  or  more  filenames  are
14       specified,  pppdump  will read each in turn; otherwise it will read its
15       standard input.  In each case the result is written to standard output.
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17       The options are as follows:
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19       -h     Prints the bytes sent and received in hexadecimal.   If  neither
20              this  option  nor  the  -p  option  is  specified, the bytes are
21              printed as the characters themselves, with non-printing and non-
22              ASCII characters printed as escape sequences.
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24       -p     Collects  the  bytes  sent and received into PPP packets, inter‐
25              preting the async HDLC framing and escape characters and  check‐
26              ing  the FCS (frame check sequence) of each packet.  The packets
27              are printed as hex values and as characters (non-printable char‐
28              acters are printed as `.').
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30       -d     With  the  -p  option,  this option causes pppdump to decompress
31              packets which have been  compressed  with  the  BSD-Compress  or
32              Deflate methods.
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34       -r     Reverses the direction indicators, so that `sent' is printed for
35              bytes or packets received, and `rcvd' is printed  for  bytes  or
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38       -a     Prints absolute times.
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40       -m mru Use mru as the MRU (maximum receive unit) for both directions of
41              the link when checking for over-length PPP packets (with the  -p
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SEE ALSO

45       pppd(8)
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49                                 1 April 1999                       PPPDUMP(8)