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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Rev 38350 Capture Options Changes - Named Pipe?

From: Michael Tüxen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:47:02 +0200
On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:37 PM, Colin O'Flynn wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> It was possible to type over the interface name in the previous dialog with
> the named pipe. This is described at
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Pipes ("3. The named pipe is not
> listed in the drop-down interface selection, and must be typed into the
> interface box. On Windows, it must be typed slowly (or pasted).").
Interesting... We were not aware of this. I'll put it on our ToDo list
to find a way to specify it in the GUI.
Using it on the command line should work...

Thanks for reporting this!

Best regards
Michael
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  -COlin
> 
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> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Rev 38350 Capture Options Changes - Named Pipe?
> 
> On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Colin O'Flynn wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> With the changes committed in rev 38350 which has a new capture options
> dialog, how does one use a named pipe? I couldn’t see a way to get this
> working.
> Use the command line options... There is currently no way to specify a named
> pipe in the GUI. I think there was no way to do this in Wireshark 1.6, or
> am I missing something?
> 
> Best regards
> Michael
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>>  -Colin
>> 
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