Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Is File/Reload needed any more?

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From: Warren Young <tangent@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:57:16 -0700
Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> Now, if you used a *read* filter (specified with "-R" on the command
> line, or in the "Open" dialog box when opening a file from the GUI),
> only packets that pass the read filter are available at all; the
> display filter only sees those packets.
> 
> However, "File/Reload" isn't supposed to clear the read filter.

Ah, yes, that's what I did.  I have never even learned the display
filter language, since I've been comfortable with the tcpdump language
for a while.

Consider this another vote "for" using a unified filter language.  Or,
make the reload command clear the read filter, unless there's a good
reason not to.

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