Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] File size limits on Linux and building for large file support

[Shehjar Tikoo <shehjart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen Fisher wrote:
> Would it be worth the effort to put some code in that would use the zlib 
> reading and writing functions for uncompressed/compressed use < 2GB vs. 
> normal reading and writing functions for non-compressed files of any 
> size based on a user preference?

I don't know how many users need large file support.

I can get around it because I am building tshark for my purpose so I 
do not think its worth the effort, in this case.

Shehjar