Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] SaveAs in LANalyzer-Format

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 02:23:05 -0700
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 08:56:04AM +0200, Gregor Glomm wrote:
> I am using ethereal and the Novell LANalyzer for Windows.
> 
> And now I try to save the capturefile in "Novell LANalyzer" format.
> This caused an error-msg on my system.

What was the error message?  And how were you even able to *try* to save
it in that format?  The "Save As..." dialog box shouldn't have offered
that choice.

> I am using linux SuSE 8.0 with ethereal  0.9.4.
> On some other systems the option to save as "Novell LANalyzer" does not 
> exists?

On no system does the option to save in LANalyzer format exist; there is
no code in Ethereal to write that format.

> Is this format only used for reading packages?

Yes.