Try to call get_interface_descriptive_name() as little as possible (storing
the result in capture_opts) to avoid a performance hit during live capture
(especially if you have lots of interfaces) and to avoid leaking memory.
One issue with this is that capture_opts.c cannot (without adding significant
dependencies) set the iface_descr so readers of that field (only gtk/main.c
and tshark.c) use a macro to (set if not already set and) get the value of
that field.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=22587
this in the GUI rather than calling pcap_stats() directly. This gets rid
of the last pcap_open_live() call in the GUI code. Update
README.packaging.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=22443
that "-D" and "-L" should produce machine-readable output. Use this to
move an indirect get_pcap_linktype() call from the GUI to dumpcap.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=22367
Add a capture_interface_list(), which works similar to
get_interface_list() except that it forks dumpcap instead of calling
the pcap routines directly. Use it in the GUI.
Add a "-I" flag to dumpcap, which prints out verbose interface
information.
Tested under Windows and Linux.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=22071
that obviates the need to check for a null capture filter string, and
fixes bug 1055.
Keep track of whether it was set from the command line, though, so we
can catch attempts to set the filter more than once, and attempts to set
it when we're not capturing.
Clean up white space.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=19047
even if doing a live capture; just print the packets without saving
them.
In dumpcap:
default to the capturing the entire packet;
don't do the "Press any key" stuff when debugging on UN*X;
do console logging (to the standard error) even when we're
running as the capture child (the sync pipe should only be the
standard output, not the standard error).
svn path=/trunk/; revision=17786
using dumpcap as the capture child for Ethereal.
dumpcap is a plain console application now, even for Win32 (so no WinMain, create_console and special piping stuff reguired). The undocumented command line option -Z will switch dumpcap into "child mode", using binary instead of plain text output messages to communicate with a parent Ethereal.
Ethereal's main.c no longer needs to distinguish between child mode or not, so some simplifying here.
capture_sync.c has to call dumpcap in a "hidden window" mode using CreateProcess instead of spawnvp, otherwise an uggly console window would appear. The handles created by _pipe doesn't seem to be inheritable for this function, using CreatePipe instead.
The file capture_loop.c is only needed by dumpcap, removed from Ethereal link objects.
Some debugging aid added and other minor cleanup done.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=17256
remove a lot of redundant code from tethereal and use (move) stuff from capture_loop.c instead.
concentrate common capture related code in capture_opts.c, e.g. trying to find the right interface to capture from (command line option, preference, first usable) instead of duplicating this code over several files.
remove redundant code from dumpcap.c
this also implements command line option -D (and indexed interfaces at -i) for Ethereal and Dumpcap (as we have it in Tethereal already for a while)
svn path=/trunk/; revision=16787
Jeff Morriss