Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Real-time capture for Win32 (updated)

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:41:58 -0700
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 10:34:48AM +0100, Graham Bloice wrote:
> Attached should be an updated patch to add real-time capture for Win32
> versions.  Capture filters now work, but if the main program is terminated
> while a capture is in progress, the capture process is left running.
> Clicking the stop button will terminate it though.

Not Win32-specific - the same happens on Unix/X.

> Maybe the main program shouldn't allow a user termination to occur until the
> capture process has been stopped ?

...or should somehow stop the capture forcibly.