Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] How could Wireshark write / read the pcap file simultaneously?

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From: Aaron Lewis <the.warl0ck.1989@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 13:52:25 +0800
Hi,

>From what I know, it seems like dumpcap listens for traffic and record
everything
And the wireshark GUI read and parse that file. (Usually a file located in /tmp)

But,
1) how did wireshark know there's a new packet?
2) what happens if /tmp is full?

I'm not sure about the mechanism

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