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+:doctype: manpage
+:stylesheet: ws.css
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+
+== NAME
+
+idl2wrs - CORBA IDL to Wireshark Plugin Generator
+
+== SYNOPSIS
+
+*idl2wrs* <filename>
+
+== DESCRIPTION
+
+*idl2wrs* is a program that takes a user specified *CORBA IDL*
+file and generates *"C"* source code for a *Wireshark* "plugin".
+
+This resulting file can be compiled as a *Wireshark* plugin, and
+used to monitor *GIOP/IIOP* traffic that is using this IDL.
+
+*idl2wrs* is actually a shell script wrapper for two *Python* programs.
+These programs are:
+
+* *wireshark_be.py*
+Contains the main IDL Visitor Class
+
+* *wireshark_gen.py*
+Contains the Source Code Generator Class
+
+*idl2wrs* supports heuristic dissection of GIOP/IIOP traffic,
+and some experimental code for explicit dissection, based on
+Object Key <-> Repository Id mapping.
+However, code for heuristic based plugins is
+generated by default, and users should consider this the preferred
+method unless you have some namespace collisions.
+
+== OPTIONS
+
+Currently there are no options. *idl2wrs* can be invoked as follows.
+
+1.  To write the C code to stdout.
+
+    idl2wrs  <your_file.idl>
+
+    eg: idl2wrs echo.idl
+
+2. To write to a file, just redirect the output.
+
+    idl2wrs echo.idl > packet-test.c
+
+== ENVIRONMENT
+
+*idl2wrs* will look for *wireshark_be.py* and *wireshark_gen.py* in
+*$PYTHONPATH/site-packages/* and if not found, will try the current
+directory *./*
+
+The *-p* option passed to omniidl (inside *idl2wrs*) indicates where
+*wireshark_be.py* and *wireshark_gen.py* will be searched.  This may
+need tweaking if you place these files somewhere else.
+
+If it complains about being unable to find some modules (eg tempfile.py),
+you may want to check if PYTHONPATH is set correctly.
+
+eg:  PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3/
+
+== SEE ALSO
+
+xref:wireshark.html[wireshark](1), xref:tshark.html[tshark](1)
+
+== NOTES
+
+*idl2wrs* (including *wireshark_be.py* and *wireshark_gen.py*) are part of
+the *Wireshark* distribution.  The latest version of *Wireshark* can
+be found at https://www.wireshark.org.
+
+*idl2wrs* uses *omniidl*, an IDL parser, and can be found at
+http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/
+
+== TODO
+
+Some of the more important things to do are:
+
+* Improve Explicit dissection code.
+
+* Improve command line options.
+
+* Improve decode algorithm when we have operation name collision.
+
+== AUTHORS
+
+.Original Author
+[%hardbreaks]
+Frank Singleton <frank.singleton[AT]ericsson.com>
+
+.Contributors
+[%hardbreaks]
+