File Input / Output and Printing
5.5. File Sets
When using the "Multiple Files" option while doing a capture, the capture data is spreaded over sev- eral capture files, called a file set. Ethereal tries to find the files matching the same filename pattern than the currently loaded file. This will only work, if all the files of the file set are located in the same directory.
As it can become tedious to work with a file set by hand, Ethereal provides some features in the "File" menu to handle these file sets in a more convenient way:
•The List Files dialog box will list the files Ethereal has recognized as being part of the current file set.
•Next File opens the next file in the file set.
•Previous File opens the previous file in the file set.
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5.5.1.The "List Files" dialog box
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Each line contains information about a file of the file set:
•Filename the name of the file
•Created the creation time of the file
•Last Modified the last time the file was modified
•Size the size of the file
The last line will contain info about the currently used directory where all of the files in the file set can be found.
The content of this dialog box is updated each time a capture file is opened/closed.
If you click on the radio button to the left of the line, the corresponding capture file will be opened. The Close button will, well, close the dialog box.
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