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[. . . ] Wireshark User's Guide 20996 for Wireshark 0. 99. 5 Ulf Lamping, Richard Sharpe, NS Computer Software and Services P/L Ed Warnicke, Wireshark User's Guide: 20996 for Wireshark 0. 99. 5 by Ulf Lamping, Richard Sharpe, and Ed Warnicke Copyright © 2004-2007 Ulf Lamping Richard Sharpe Ed Warnicke Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. All logos and trademarks in this document are property of their respective owner. Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Previous File closes the current and opens the previous file in the file set. 5. 5. 1. The "List Files" dialog box 88 File Input / Output and Printing Each line contains information about a file of the file set: · · · · Filename the name of the file. If you click on the filename (or the radio button left to it), the current file will be closed and the corresponding capture file will be opened. 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. The Close button will, well, close the dialog box. 89 File Input / Output and Printing 5. 6. Exporting data Wireshark provides several ways and formats to export packet data. This section describes general ways to export data from Wireshark. Note! There are more specialized functions to export specific data, which will be described at the appropriate places. XXX - add detailed descriptions of the output formats and some sample output, too. 5. 6. 1. The "Export as Plain Text File" dialog box Export packet data into a plain ASCII text file, much like the format used to print packets. Figure 5. 11. The "Export as Plain Text File" dialog box · · · Export to file: frame chooses the file to export the packet data to. The Packet Range frame is described in Section 5. 8, "The Packet Range frame". The Packet Details frame is described in Section 5. 9, "The Packet Format frame". 5. 6. 2. The "Export as PostScript File" dialog box Export packet data into PostScript, much like the format used to print packets. 90 File Input / Output and Printing Tip! You can easily convert PostScript files to PDF files using ghostscript. For example: export to a file named foo. ps and then call: ps2pdf foo. ps Figure 5. 12. The "Export as PostScript File" dialog box · · · Export to file: frame chooses the file to export the packet data to. The Packet Range frame is described in Section 5. 8, "The Packet Range frame". The Packet Details frame is described in Section 5. 9, "The Packet Format frame". 5. 6. 3. The "Export as CSV (Comma Separated Values) File" dialog box XXX - add screenshot Export packet summary into CSV, used e. g. · · Export to file: frame chooses the file to export the packet data to. The Packet Range frame is described in Section 5. 8, "The Packet Range frame". 5. 6. 4. The "Export as PSML File" dialog box 91 File Input / Output and Printing Export packet data into PSML. [. . . ] If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for this. [. . . ]