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opapacketcapture [-o outfile] [-d devfile] [-f filterfile]
[-t triggerfile] [-l triggerlag][-a alarm] [-p packets] [-s maxblocks]
[-v [-v]]

Produces full help text.

Specifies the output file for captured packets.
Default is packetDump.pcap

Specifies the device file for capturing packets.

Specifies the file used for filtering. If absent, no filtering is done.

Specifies the file used for triggering a stop capture. If absent, normal triggering is performed.

Specifies the number of packets to collect after trigger condition is met, before dumping data and exiting. Default is 10.

Specifies the number of seconds for alarm trigger to dump capture and exit.

Specifies the number of packets for alarm trigger to dump capture and exit.

Specifies the number of blocks to allocate for ring buffer. Value is in Millions. Default is 2 which corresponds to 128 MiB because 1 block = 64 Bytes.

Produces verbose output. (Use verbose Level 1+ to show levels.)

# opapacketcapture

opapacketcapture: Capturing packets using 128 MiB buffer

^C

opapacketcapture: Triggered

Number of packets stored is 100

In the example above, opapacketcapture operates until CTRL+C is entered.