PPPDUMP(8)		    System Manager's Manual		    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  specified, the bytes are
	      printed as the characters themselves, with non-printing and non-
	      ASCII characters printed as escape sequences.

       -p     Collects	the  bytes  sent and received into PPP packets, inter-
	      preting the async HDLC framing and escape characters and	check-
	      ing  the FCS (frame check sequence) of each packet.  The packets
	      are printed as hex values and as characters (non-printable char-
	      acters 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)



				 1 April 1999			    PPPDUMP(8)