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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 5691] dumpcap ring buffer file size limitation

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:35:29 -0800 (PST)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5691

Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx> 2011-02-24 14:35:27 PST ---
Well, if you're only looking for 50-100 Gb then the existing code "should" be
okay: the autostop_filesize contains the number of *kilo*bytes that should be
stored in a file.

Now, whether dumpcap can actually write files that big (especially on Windows)
is a-whole-nother question.  Have you tried it?


I'll attach a patch that mostly converts autostop_filesize to 64-bits (in case
2 TB is not enough), but it won't help GUI users as GtkSpinButtons:

http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/GtkSpinButton.html

don't seem to support 64-bit numbers.

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