Ethereal-dev: [ethereal-dev] command-line argument 'k'

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gramirez@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:18:47 -0600
Does anyone have any plans for the '-k' command-line argument?  It's
not listed in the getopt() call in main() (ethereal.c), but it *is* in
the switch statement that handles the getopt results. Some code exists
for it. Look at main_realize_cb() in ethereal.c.  It seems at one point
if you started ethereal with the '-k' option, and if you had a
save_file pre-defined in your .ethereal RC file, a capture would start
immediately.

But since it's not allowed by getopt() right now, I assume
no one is using it.  Does anyone have any opinion on it?
Should I remove it or make it work? If no one wants it I'll remove it.

--gilbert