Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Add a "diagnostic information" menu item and command-line option?

[Roland Knall <rknall@xxxxxxxxx>]

See https://code.wireshark.org/review/c/34231/ for a quick draft

Am So., 11. Aug. 2019 um 08:05 Uhr schrieb Roland Knall <rknall@xxxxxxxxx>:

We currently dump the help info, for the bug reports. Do you mean a button on that page or an extra option in a similar context?

Regards Roland

> Am 11.08.2019 um 03:34 schrieb Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Sometimes we get "why can't I see my {LAN,Ethernet,Wi-Fi}?" questions on ask.wireshark.com.
>
> Would an menu item and command-line option to get "diagnostic information", which would include:
>
>    version information;
>
>    a list of the interfaces found;
>
> and possibly other information, such as the results of "ls -l /dev/bpf*" on systems using BPF, the results of an "ls -l" on dumpcap, etc..
>
> That information would either be written to a file or copied to the window system's clipboard, to minimize the number of steps a user needs to take when filing a bug or answering a request for information in a question.
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