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Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ring Buffer File with Tethereal

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From: Dominick Meglio <dmeglio@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:10:39 -0400
Thanks, it works great now! Maybe someone should make a note of this
in the man page (or maybe I just over looked it?). From what I read,
it made it sound like you just need to specify a number.

Dominick Meglio

On 7/8/05, Stephen T Albright <sta4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> You need to specify the number of files with a keyword: 
> 
> tethereal -a filesize:10 -b files:2 -w out.pcap 
> 
> I think that will solve it for you. 
> 
> Stephen Albright
> Enterprise Information Solutions
> MeadWestvaco
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> Dayton, OH 45463
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> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to get a ring buffer file to work in
> tethereal. I set it up to create 2 files using the following command:
> 
> tethereal -a filesize:10 -b 2 -w out.pcap
> 
> Unfortunately, it seems to create more than two files. After running
> it for a while I see:
> 
> out_00001_20050708133605.pcap
> out_00001_20050708133606.pcap
> out_00001_20050708133607.pcap
> 
> The longer I let it run, the more files I get. Is this a bug? Or am I
> doing something wrong?
> 
> My version of tethereal is 0.10.11.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Dominick Meglio
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