Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 2742] New: tshark: should -V or -x imply -S?

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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2742

           Summary: tshark: should -V or -x imply -S?
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: 1.0.2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Trivial
          Priority: Low
         Component: TShark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
1.0.2
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To answer a question on the -users list I was trying to get tshark to use a
ringbuffer while decoding the messages to stdout.  My first attempt was:

tshark -b filesize:10 -b files:5 -nV -w /tmp/foo

It didn't work so I thought I'd suggest that the user open an enhancement to
make tshark be able to (like the GUI) use a ring buffer while decoding the
packets.

Then I happened to trip onto the "-S" option and when I added that option I got
what I (actually what the user) wanted.

Should specifying options regarding how to display the packets imply that
should actually display them?  Or should we error out if -V or -x is present
and 'print_packet_info' is FALSE?

I don't have time to finish thinking about this now, thus the bug report.


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