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| -rw-r--r-- | dumpcap.c | 6 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | help/faq.py | 4 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -2787,7 +2787,11 @@ capture_loop_open_output(capture_options *capture_opts, int *save_file_fd, /* Choose a random name for the temporary capture buffer */ if (global_capture_opts.ifaces->len > 1) { prefix = g_strdup_printf("wireshark_%d_interfaces", global_capture_opts.ifaces->len); - suffix = NULL; + if (capture_opts->use_pcapng) { + suffix = ".pcapng"; + }else{ + suffix = ".pcap"; + } } else { gchar *basename; basename = g_path_get_basename(g_array_index(global_capture_opts.ifaces, interface_options, 0).console_display_name); diff --git a/help/faq.py b/help/faq.py index 3575204fbf..429b4198ba 100755 --- a/help/faq.py +++ b/help/faq.py @@ -1341,11 +1341,11 @@ Windows XP and Server 2003, and <code>\\Users\\<var>your login name</var>\\AppData\\Local\\Temp</code> on the main system disk on Windows Vista and later, so the capture file will probably be there. If you are capturing on a single interface, it will have a name of the form, -<code>wireshark_<fmt>_<iface>_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</code>, where +<code>wireshark_<iface>_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX.<fmt></code>, where <fmt> is the capture file format (pcap or pcapng), and <iface> is the actual name of the interface you are capturing on; otherwise, if you are capturing on multiple interfaces, it will have a name of the form, -<code>wireshark_<N>_interfaces_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX</code>, where <N> +<code>wireshark_<N>_interfaces_YYYYmmddHHMMSS_XXXXXX.<fmt></code>, where <N> is the number of simultaneous interfaces you are capturing on. Please don't send a trace file greater than 1 MB when compressed; instead, make it available via FTP or HTTP, or say it's available but leave it up to a developer to ask |