Re: How to stop extcap gracefully

[Jirka Novak <j.novak () netsystem cz>]

Hi Roland,

> Due to the nature of extcaps, they are not explicitly closed. Instead,
> you should monitor the created pipes. Dumpcap closes those pipes when
> the capture has finished. We do send them a kill signal, but due to the
> nature of the signal handling, this signal may be missed.
>
> The sure fire way is, if the pipe gets closed, end the extcap from the
> extcap side.

can you point me to place where pipes are controlled on extcap side? I
see common framework there, but I'm not sure where the place is exactly...

Thank you in advance,

                                                        Jirka

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