On Nov 16, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Stephen Fisher wrote:
Correct, PacketLogger files do not have a magic number.
Do PacketLogger files have a default file extension?
If we were to associate with some file types an extension, then we
could have the Wiretap open routine:
first try the open routines for file formats that have magic numbers
(regardless of whether that file format has a file extension or, if
so, whether it matches the file's extension);
then try the open routine for any heuristic file format that has the
file's extension associated with it (after stripping off .gz);
then try the other heuristic open routines;
so that the extension is used as a hint for the file type.
(We could also use that as the default extension when saving the file
in a given format.)
