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author | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-01-25 03:48:55 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@GTECH.COM> | 2013-01-25 03:48:55 +0000 |
commit | 5f3af16c08b2a02f5ee435890429bf140e9c2039 (patch) | |
tree | 02887453d92e4c6db8726f5d42fb3552283a354b /help | |
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Update the description of the temporary file name.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=47268
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diff --git a/help/faq.py b/help/faq.py index c0958c8f9c..b5252855f2 100755 --- a/help/faq.py +++ b/help/faq.py @@ -1353,14 +1353,16 @@ packets to a temporary file, which will probably be in <tt>/tmp</tt> or <tt>/var/tmp</tt> on UNIX-flavored OSes, <tt>\TEMP</tt> on the main system disk (normally <tt>C:</tt>) on Windows 9x/Me/NT 4.0, <tt>\Documents and Settings\</tt><var>your login name</var> -<tt>\Local Settings\Temp</tt> on the main system disk on Windows +<tt>\Local Settings\Temp</tt> on the main system disk on Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003, and <tt>\Users\<var>your login name</var>\AppData\Local\Temp</tt> on the main system disk on Windows 7, so the capture file will probably be there. If you are capturing on a single interface, it will have a name of the form, -<tt>wireshark_iface_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</tt>; otherwise, if you are capturing -on multiple interfaces, it will have a name of the form, -<tt>wireshark_<N>_interfaces_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</tt>, where <N> +<tt>wireshark_<fmt>_<iface>_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</tt>; otherwise, +if you are capturing on multiple interfaces, it will have a name of the form, +<tt>wireshark_<fmt>_<N>_interfaces_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</tt>, +where <fmt> is the capture file format (pcap or pcapng), <iface> is +the actual name of the interface you are capturing on, and <N> is the number of simultaneous interfaces you are capturing on. Please don't send a trace file greater than 1 MB when compressed; instead, make it available via FTP or HTTP, or say it's available but leave it up to a developer to ask |