You
must use tethereal instead of ethereal. There's an autostop condition a
and you can fix a limit in time or size. For example, to capture just 1kB
in "file.pcap" from the default interface use :
tethereal
-a filesize:1 -w file.pcap
see
http://www.ethereal.com/tethereal.1.html
for more info
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From:
Venkatesh, Susheel [mailto:susheel@xxxxxx]
Sent:Wednesday,
June 25, 20033:19
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Subject:
[Ethereal-dev] Help!!
Hi,
I
am trying to develop a Automated test-suite which would require controlling
Ethereal. I was just wondering if I can get custom-made executable that
would allow me to control Ethereal (start, stop and save ethereal capture
in text format from an external application) or if someone could suggest
how to add this functionality into Ethereal.
The
sequence of steps during a typical test is as follows. These steps are
to be executed using an external application (the automation test tool):-
1)
Launch ethereal and start (this can be done from the command-line and there
is no problem with this step)
2)
Run a test-script
3)
Stop capture and save the capture in text-format (there is a problem here;
there is no way I can control ethereal from an external application and
there is no command-line option to stop and save capture in text-format)
I
am using Windows 2K. What all do I require to take the ethereal source
code and compile it on my PC?
I
would appreciate some help on this.
Thanks,
Susheel