Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Display filter as stop condition

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From: sford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:00:54 -0700 (PDT)
> BTW, why did you add another flag (-H) instead of adding another autostop
> condition to "-a", e.g. "-a filter:xxxxx"?

Cuz I'm a dummy.  I also forgot to update Usage message.  I think I'll
change it as per your suggestion.  Thanks.


On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Gerald Combs wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 sford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I've added a "Halt" feature to tethereal that uses a display filter as
> > a stop condition.  It is supplied as a string argument to "-H".  It
> > can be very useful for troubleshooting to see what led up to a
> > particular condition (kindof like setting a breakpoint with an
> > emulator).  Combined with ring buffer, you can just start it, come
> > back the next morning and have a good snapshot.
> 
> Cool!  Someone asked about this at a talk I was giving on Tethereal this
> morning; they'll be happy to hear about this.
> 
> BTW, why did you add another flag (-H) instead of adding another autostop
> condition to "-a", e.g. "-a filter:xxxxx"?