Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 10847] New: Lua: need a way to open a Dumper for appending
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:41:53 +0000
Bug ID 10847
Summary Lua: need a way to open a Dumper for appending packet
Product Wireshark
Version 1.99.x (Experimental)
Hardware x86
OS Mac OS X 10.9
Status UNCONFIRMED
Severity Enhancement
Priority Low
Component Dissection engine (libwireshark)
Assignee bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter hadrielk@yahoo.com 

Build Information:
Paste the COMPLETE build information from "Help->About Wireshark", "wireshark
-v", or "tshark -v".
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If someone needs to write a Lua script to export packets to numerous pcap
files, the operating system might run out of file handles. For example as
described in:
https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/39030/what-s-the-best-way-to-split-tcp-streams-on-large-pcap-files.

So it would be nice to have a way to open Dumpers in append mode, where it
opens an existing pcap file and appends to end. That way the Lua script could
close Dumpers when too many are open, and re-open them later if need be.

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