Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Capture scheduling

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:19:23 -0700
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:52:04AM -0700, Jon Baer wrote:
> Messagedepending on ur OS you can either cron (linux)
						 ^^^^^

You misspelled "UNIX" - cron long antendates Linux, and most if not all
UNIX-compatible systems, including but not limited to Linux, have it.

You also have "at" on most UNIXes.

> or at (windows)
> and create a script w/ tethereal options, im not sure how to do a
> graceful shutdown though command line via a script, does anyone?

On UNIX, sending Tethereal a SIGTERM, which is the default signal for a
"kill" command, will shut it down gracefully.

There's no similar mechanism for Windows.