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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] saved stream

From: Christopher Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:26:03 +0000 (UTC)
Lobb, Janos <janos.lobb@...> writes:

> I followed a tcp stream from a capture and I saved it with name:
> 
> tcpstreameq4
> and
> tcpstreameq4.pcap
> 
> When I try to open them again WireShark complains:
> 
> The file "/Volumes/Data/PROJECTS/tcpdump/Viray/20120607/tcpstreameq4.pcap"
isn't a capture file
> in a format Wireshark understands.

What version of Wireshark are you using, and how exactly did you save the file,
i.e., what exact steps did you take through the GUI?