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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Ring Buffer

From: Sake Blok <sake@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:48:05 +0200
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:48:39PM +0200, Gael Anguilet wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I am using wireshark Version 0.99.5 (SVN Rev 20677)
> I need to make a capture using tshark.
> I just want to generate a new capture file every 15 secondes, so I have written this :
>  
> tshark -i 2 -b duration:15  -w test.cap
>  
> It doesn't work. It generate this message :
> "tshark: Multiple capture files requested, but no maximum capture file size was specified."
>  
> If I add the option "-b filesize:10" , the duration is not "used".
> So how can I start a Capture every 15 secondes in a Shell Script?

This has been reported as bug 1075 and was solved in SVN 20950.

http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1075
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=20950

You can upgrade to 0.99.6a or use any development build after 20950
to solve this issue :-)

Cheers,


Sake