Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] SMB patch, new version

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:45:49 -0800
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 07:20:14PM +1100, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> Can we have a variable in [t]ethereal that can be used to determine at
> runtime whether we are running inside tehtereal or not?

I think it should, instead, indicate whether we could be doing random
access to the capture file or not; that'll give the correct answer for
Ethereal vs. Tethereal, but will also give the correct answer for
additional programs as well.

The variable would currently be set the same way, but its name shouldn't
have "ethereal" or "tethereal" in it, it should say something about
random access.