Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal Problem Report

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 00:39:53 -0400
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 06:36:42PM -0600, KERWAN,MIKE (HP-Roseville,ex1) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> But I did run into a problem when I tried to print a capture 
> file created with Shomiti v3.1...
> 
> Problem Report:
> 
> *  PC running WinNT 4.0 (Build 1381, Service Pack 3)
> 
> *  gtk-config and ethereal -v did not produce results,
> so I tried tethereal -v and got:
> 
> "tethereal 0.8.12 with GTF+ 1.3.0, with libcap 0.4.ab,
> without libz, without SNMP
> 
> *  Invoked:  tethereal -x -r <path>\test31short.cap
> 
> Got:
> 
> "Message: snoop version 4 unsupported
> tethereal:  The file ...\test31short.cap is not a capture
> file in a format Tethereal understands."

shomiti has a document describint their file format at
http://www.shomiti.com/support/technotes.html

I'll take a look at it and see if it applies to their v3.1
file format (the file you provided). If so, I'll see what I can
do to get our wiretap library (which Ethereal uses) to understand
that format.

--gilbert