Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 12385] New: Add support for gzip-compressed output from mergecap and editcap

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Bug ID	12385
Summary	Add support for gzip-compressed output from mergecap and editcap
Product	Wireshark
Version	unspecified
Hardware	All
OS	All
Status	UNCONFIRMED
Severity	Enhancement
Priority	Low
Component	Extras
Assignee	bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter	kiwirail@paradise.net.nz

Build Information:
N/A
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mergecap and editcap can read and expand gzip-compressed capture files on the
fly, but there is no option to specify gzip-compressed output.
Adding this, possibly also to text2pcap etc, would remove the need to pipe
output through gzip externally or use an intermediate file when wanting
compressed output.

I asked about this in Q&A:
https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/51979/can-mergecap-write-gzipped-files-directly 

Jeff Morriss answered (in part):
It appears making 'editcap' do it would be quite easy: it just needs a
command-line option and to pass a boolean (based on that option) to
wtap_dump_open_ng().

mergecap doesn't currently use the wiretap routines so making it write gzip'd
files would be harder.

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