Comment # 1
on bug 9054
from Guy Harris
(In reply to comment #0)
> A temporary work-around is to re-order the heuristic dissectors, but I can't
> help feeling that more needs to be done. Even if ERF has a magic number
> added there are many heuristic dissectors supported.
Well, if it had a magic number these problems wouldn't show up for ERF files,
but, yes, they would happen for file types that require heuristics to
recognize.
> Could we have a wtap option to override the file type?
I'd prefer not to require the user to have to tell Wiretap what type of file to
assume a given file is - that would require UI changes to a bunch of programs.
> Could wtap_open_offline() use the file extension as a file type preference?
> E.g. try the registered file extension dissector first, if unclaimed then
> run the magic/heuristic dissectors in order?
That would probably be a good idea. (It gets tricky for ".cap", as there is no
single file reader associated with ".cap", as a lot of network analyzer writers
didn't have much imagination when picking extensions.)
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