Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] where to get a ready capture file

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:33:50 -0800
harsha ss wrote:

I am debugging ethereal with a new format file.I want to know the working of a ready captured file displaying the dissected information and the the packet list.As it will be helpful to debug ethereal. Please tell me Other than capturing the packets and storing is there any way to get the ready captured file available,any mail address?
  The captured file should be one of the type accepted by ethereal.

I.e., you want a capture file?

What *type* of capture file? There are several capture files on the Ethereal Wiki site:

	http://wiki.ethereal.com/SampleCaptures

but, if you're trying to debug Ethereal code to handle a new file format, don't you want a capture file in that new format?