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author | guy <guy@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2011-08-24 02:25:08 +0000 |
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committer | guy <guy@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2011-08-24 02:25:08 +0000 |
commit | 7616dfff2d8cc538b8d5f1ef9d2ccf858b445080 (patch) | |
tree | 44f2761af8eb38c7f304d2c981b4ac010b2cdb34 /capture_sync.c | |
parent | 6731e8d43d357995cefa09c98467eb52a4dd3b5a (diff) |
Fix a comment; this includes describing an additional way in which we
could fail to open the capture file.
git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@38695 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
Diffstat (limited to 'capture_sync.c')
-rw-r--r-- | capture_sync.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/capture_sync.c b/capture_sync.c index 8ef2ed148a..156e9ed31e 100644 --- a/capture_sync.c +++ b/capture_sync.c @@ -1612,11 +1612,19 @@ sync_pipe_input_cb(gint source, gpointer user_data) alerted. Close the sync pipe. */ ws_close(source); - /* the child has send us a filename which we couldn't open. - this probably means, the child is creating files faster than we can handle it. - this should only be the case for very fast file switches - we can't do much more than telling the child to stop - (this is the "emergency brake" if user e.g. wants to switch files every second) */ + /* The child has sent us a filename which we couldn't open. + + This could mean that the child is creating files faster + than we can handle it. (XXX - why would that result in + a failure to open the file?) + + That should only be the case for very fast file switches; + We can't do much more than telling the child to stop. + (This is the "emergency brake" if the user e.g. wants to + switch files every second). */ + + This can also happen if the user specified "-", meaning + "standard output", as the capture file. */ sync_pipe_stop(capture_opts); capture_input_closed(capture_opts, NULL); return FALSE; |