Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11280] Long delay when loading capture file
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 20:12:09 +0000

Comment # 9 on bug 11280 from 
(In reply to Alan Bowman from comment #8)
> The files are all named runningxx_yyyyy_zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.pcapng, where xx is a
> channel number which doesn't change very often, yyyyy increments with each
> file (occasionally restarting if I restart the capture process), and
> zzzzzzzzzzzzzz is the timestamp that the file is created.
> 
> I tried moving a capture file to an empty directory, and it opened
> instantly.  I tried creating 3000 empty files in the same directory (named
> "1", "2", etc) - it still opened instantly.  I then duplicated the single
> capture file 1000 times in the same directory ( "1.pcapng", "2.pcapng", etc)
> and tried a couple - each one opened instantly.

What happens if you copy a whole pile of those captures to another directory,
and then try opening the file from a dialog box?

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