


PPPDUMP(8)					       PPPDUMP(8)


NAME
       pppdump - convert PPP record file to readable format

SYNOPSIS
       pppdump [ -h | -p [ -d ]] [ -r ] [ -m mru ] [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       The  pppdump  utility converts the files written using the
       record option of pppd into a  human-readable  format.   If
       one  or	more  filenames	 are specified, pppdump will read
       each in turn; otherwise it will read its	 standard  input.
       In each case the result is written to standard output.

       The options are as follows:

       -h     Prints  the bytes sent and received in hexadecimal.
	      If neither this option nor the -p option is  speci-
	      fied, the bytes are printed as the characters them-
	      selves, with non-printing and non-ASCII  characters
	      printed as escape sequences.

       -p     Collects the bytes sent and received into PPP pack-
	      ets, interpreting the async HDLC framing and escape
	      characters   and	checking  the  FCS  (frame  check
	      sequence) of each packet.	 The packets are  printed
	      as  hex  values  and  as	characters (non-printable
	      characters are printed as `.').

       -d     With the -p option, this option causes  pppdump  to
	      decompress  packets which have been compressed with
	      the BSD-Compress or Deflate methods.

       -r     Reverses the direction indicators, so  that  `sent'
	      is  printed  for	bytes  or  packets  received, and
	      `rcvd' is printed for bytes or packets sent.

       -m mru Use mru as the MRU (maximum receive unit) for  both
	      directions  of  the  link	 when  checking for over-
	      length PPP packets (with the -p option).

SEE ALSO
       pppd(8)















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