Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] filters in capture

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From: Ashok Narayanan <ashokn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:51:23 -0400 (EDT)
I think the way this would happen is that we'd have the same display
filter language for capture filtering as well, and just translate
it. Either that, or resuscitate Wiretap captures.

-Ashok

Gilbert Ramirez writes:
 > On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:15:07AM -0500, Daniel Ryde wrote:
 > > 
 > > 
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > First I must say that you are all doing a impressive job with etheral. I
 > > hope soon that I will be able to get some time and atlest do some packet
 > > decoders.
 > > 
 > > Well, about the capture... I'm unable to set a capture filter. It always
 > > returns an error: "Unable to parse filter string (parser error).".
 > > After a capture the filter works fine in the filter box on the main
 > > disply.
 > 
 > Can you give us an example of some of the capture filters that you have
 > tried? Look closely at the manpage... the capture filter syntax is
 > different from the display filter syntax. Are you using the display filter
 > syntax for capture filters?  Having two filter languages is bad, and
 > we hope to rectify that some time.
 > 
 > --gilbert
 >  

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