Lucent Technologies Ethereal manual Windows folders, Preferences/ethereal.conf

		Configuration (and other) Files and
			Folders
File/Folder	Description	Unix/Linux		Windows folders
		folders
temp	Temporary files.	Environment:		Environment: TMPDIR or TEMP
		TMPDIR

Windows folders

%APPDATA% points to the personal configuration folder, typically C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data (for further details, have a look at Section A.1.1, “Windows profiles”), %ETHEREAL% points to the Ethereal program folder, typically C:\Program Files\Ethereal

Unix/Linux folders

The /etc folder is the global Ethereal configuration folder. The folder actually used on your system may vary, maybe something like: /usr/local/etc.

preferences/ethereal.conf	This file contains your Ethereal preferences, including de-
	faults for capturing and displaying packets. It is a simple text
	file containing statements of the form:
	variable: value
	The settings from this file are read in at program start and
	written to disk when you press the Save button in the "Prefer-
	ences" dialog box.
recent	This file contains various GUI related settings like the main
	window position and size, the recent files list and such. It is a
	simple text file containing statements of the form:
	variable: value
	It is read at program start and written at program exit.
cfilters	This file contains all the capture filters that you have defined
	and saved. It consists of one or more lines, where each line
	has the following format:
	"<filter name>" <filter string>
	The settings from this file are read in at program start and
	written to disk when you press the Save button in the "Cap-
	ture Filters" dialog box.
dfilters	This file contains all the display filters that you have defined
	and saved. It consists of one or more lines, where each line
	has the following format:
	"<filter name>" <filter string>
	The settings from this file are read in at program start and

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