From 5f3af16c08b2a02f5ee435890429bf140e9c2039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Maynard Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:48:55 +0000 Subject: Update the description of the temporary file name. svn path=/trunk/; revision=47268 --- help/faq.py | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/faq.py b/help/faq.py index c0958c8f9c..b5252855f2 100755 --- a/help/faq.py +++ b/help/faq.py @@ -1353,14 +1353,16 @@ packets to a temporary file, which will probably be in /tmp or /var/tmp on UNIX-flavored OSes, \TEMP on the main system disk (normally C:) on Windows 9x/Me/NT 4.0, \Documents and Settings\your login name -\Local Settings\Temp on the main system disk on Windows +\Local Settings\Temp on the main system disk on Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003, and \Users\your login name\AppData\Local\Temp 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, -wireshark_iface_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX; otherwise, if you are capturing -on multiple interfaces, it will have a name of the form, -wireshark_<N>_interfaces_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX, where <N> +wireshark_<fmt>_<iface>_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX; otherwise, +if you are capturing on multiple interfaces, it will have a name of the form, +wireshark_<fmt>_<N>_interfaces_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX, +where <fmt> is the capture file format (pcap or pcapng), <iface> is +the actual name of the interface you are capturing on, and <N> 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 -- cgit v1.2.1