[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 08:56:07PM +0100, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> I see this use case and I sometimes need this.
> 
> But that's an explanation for the ring buffer (or multiple files) 
> feature, but that's no explanation for *infinite* ring buffer files.

Yes, it is - "infinite" doesn't mean that the file has infinite *size*,
it means that there's an infinite maximum *number* of files.

I.e., Ethereal will *never* overwrite a file that it's already written
during the current capture sequence, which is what's done with a ring
buffer - it will always create a new file.