Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 7998] Timestamp info is not saved correctly when writing D

Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:43:17 +0000

Comment # 10 on bug 7998 from
(In reply to comment #9)
> If saving a pcap file with a .trc suffix, either with File -> Save As or
> File -> Export Specified Packets, defaults to saving it in DOS Sniffer
> format in 1.8.x, please file a separate bug on that (as it's a separate
> problem, and should be tracked and fixed separately).

That might the way it's supposed to work on Windows, based on the way the
Windows 7 version of WordPad works. If, in the Save As dialog, I select RTF as
the file format (RTF is the default) but specify a file name of Document.txt, a
dialog pops up saying

    You are about to save the document in a Text-Only 
    format, which will remove all formatting.  Are you sure    
    you want to do this?

    To save in other format, click No.

and if I click "Yes" it writes the file out as plain text rather than RTF.

I would recommend using .pcap rather than .trc as the file extension for
pcap-format captures (and using .pcapng for pcap-ng-format captures); yes, it's
4 characters, but, well, 1995 was 17 years ago....  Let Wireshark supply the
extension (it'll pick the appropriate one) rather than supplying one yourself.


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