Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] "{Src,Dest} addr (resolved)" isn't always resolved

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 08:53:19 -0500
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 03:04:40AM -0500, Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> If you set the "Source" column to "Src addr (resolved)", and run
> Ethereal with the "-n" flag, it doesn't resolve the source address.
> 
> Is this intentional?  Or should the "-n" flag affect only those column
> settings that have neither "(resolved)" nor "(unresolved)" in them?

It was intentional; the original meaning of "-n" was to turn off
name resolution globally. But we can always change the meaning of "-n".
Also, I'd like to provide the ability to turn on and off "-n" and 
any other command line switch from the GUI.

--gilbert