Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture

[Darren Reed <darren.reed () oracle com>]

On  1/06/11 12:43 PM, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > > > > > "Sam" == Sam Roberts<vieuxtech () gmail com>  writes:
> > > > > >              
>      >>  Yeah, I'd rather that we have a good set of pcap manipulation
>      >>  tools.  Maybe we just need better pointers to mergecap and
>      >>  editcap?
>
>      Sam>  I don't see extensions to libpcap and a good set of tools as an
>      Sam>  either/or thing.
>
>      Sam>  I'd be pretty happy to see the capabilities of tools such as
>      Sam>  mergecap, editcap, and tcpslice presented as C callable APIs.
>
> So, you'd like to have pcap_reopen() then?
>
> I think that if give the function a new name, it will be less surprising
> to people.
>    

pcap_reopen() is a much better idea than that originally posted.

Darren

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