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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 1882] Use more meaningful temp file: /tmp/wireshark.<iface

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:57:38 -0800 (PST)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1882

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

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--- Comment #10 from Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx> 2010-11-16 07:57:38 PST ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > If we do this, we must remember to change the FAQ question 7.12:
> > 
> > http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html#q7.12
> > 
> > which lists the location and name of the temporary file.
> 
> Can someone update the FAQ to reflect the new name of the temp file?  The text
> still reads as, "It will have a name beginning with ether, with some mixture of
> letters and numbers after that."  I guess after that this bug can be closed. 
> Thanks.

You can do that: it's in help/faq.py .

BUT: that text was updated a long time ago to include the updated file name
(starting with "wireshark"), but the web site doesn't have the updated text.

Gerald, is the FAQ (supposed to be) automatically updated from the source?

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