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authorChris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM>2012-03-31 16:25:22 +0000
committerChris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM>2012-03-31 16:25:22 +0000
commit56ef1c48177f440def325f8bbefcd7f90cb9d96c (patch)
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parent35eae4549756b8cd8cad45121f2b992340355d85 (diff)
downloadwireshark-56ef1c48177f440def325f8bbefcd7f90cb9d96c.tar.gz
Update the paragraph in 7.12 describing the name of the temp file to include the name used when capturing on multiple interfaces.
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@@ -1347,21 +1347,25 @@ some platforms (e.g., BSD systems).
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-Also, if at all possible, please send a copy of the capture file that
-caused the problem; when capturing packets, Wireshark normally writes
-captured packets to a temporary file, which will probably be in
-<tt>/tmp</tt> or <tt>/var/tmp</tt> on UNIX-flavored OSes, <tt>\TEMP</tt>
-on the main system disk (normally <tt>C:</tt>) on Windows 9x/Me/NT 4.0,
+Also, if at all possible, please send a copy of the capture file that caused
+the problem. When capturing packets, Wireshark normally writes captured
+packets to a temporary file, which will probably be in <tt>/tmp</tt> or
+<tt>/var/tmp</tt> on UNIX-flavored OSes, <tt>\TEMP</tt> on the main system disk
+(normally <tt>C:</tt>) on Windows 9x/Me/NT 4.0,
<tt>\Documents and Settings\</tt><var>your login name</var>
-<tt>\Local Settings\Temp</tt> on the main system disk on
-Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003, and
-<tt>\Users\<var>your login name</var>\AppData\Local\Temp</tt> on the main system disk on
-Windows 7, so the capture file will probably be there. It will have a name
-of the form, <tt>wireshark_iface_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</tt>. Please don't
-send a trace file greater than 1 MB when compressed; instead, make it
-available via FTP or HTTP, or say it's available but leave it up to a
-developer to ask for it. If the trace file contains sensitive
-information (e.g., passwords), then please do not send it.
+<tt>\Local Settings\Temp</tt> on the main system disk on Windows
+2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003, and
+<tt>\Users\<var>your login name</var>\AppData\Local\Temp</tt> on the main
+system disk on Windows 7, so the capture file will probably be there. If you
+are capturing on a single interface, it will have a name of the form,
+<tt>wireshark_iface_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</tt>; otherwise, if you are capturing
+on multiple interfaces, it will have a name of the form,
+<tt>wireshark_&lt;N&gt;_interfaces_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</tt>, where &lt;N&gt;
+is the number of simultaneous interfaces you are capturing on. Please don't
+send a trace file greater than 1 MB when compressed; instead, make it available
+via FTP or HTTP, or say it's available but leave it up to a developer to ask
+for it. If the trace file contains sensitive information (e.g., passwords),
+then please do not send it.
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