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Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture
From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:47:10 -0400
"Guy" == Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> writes:
>> So, you'd like to have pcap_reopen() then? Guy> What would pcap_reopen() do? Mark's new API has a reasonable Guy> name given what it does: Guy> 1) it returns a pcap_dumper_t, not a pcap_t, so it Guy> should have "dump" in its name; Yes, I agree, it should have that name. Guy> 2) it opens an existing pcap file for appending, so it Guy> should have "append" in its name. I agree that I picked the wrong name. I think that Darren and others (including me) think that this patch would have changed pcap_dump_open() to always append if the file already existed. -- ] He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life! | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ Kyoto Plus: watch the video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx1ycLXQSE> then sign the petition. - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
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- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Gerald Combs (Jun 01)
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- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Michael Richardson (Jun 01)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Darren Reed (Jun 03)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Guy Harris (Jun 03)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Michael Richardson (Jun 04)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Darren Reed (May 31)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Aaron Turner (Jun 02)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Darren Reed (Jun 03)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Guy Harris (Jun 03)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Darren Reed (Jun 03)
- Re: [libpcap][patch] appending to a capture Mark (Jun 04)