Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] How do I open a file?
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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:10:31 -0700

On Sep 29, 2006, at 7:36 AM, LEGO wrote:


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Oops.

I assume you meant to send this to wireshark-dev.
I want to add open_file(filename) and start_capture(if) to the Lua interface. 

is it feasable?
where in the codebase do I find the code that does that?
Is that just "open" in the sense of, for example, fopen(), or does it mean opening a capture file for reading and writing?
And what sort of handle are you expecting to get back from start_capture(if)? I.e., what sort of operations would you do on the result?