Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Log file format

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 05:52:29 -0400
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:46:26AM +0100, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I would like to dynamically update a web page with elements from a running
> Ethereal probe.
> Could anyone enlighten me with regards to the log file format.

I'm not sure what you mean by "log". However, ethereal captures packets into a temporary file
using libpcap. Ethereal can save (translate) the information it captures in other formats
as well.

Tethereal outputs text. "tethereal -V" outputs lots and lots of text.

--gilbert