Abhik,
Because it was designed to read dumps in od format, I think that text2pcap
expects something that it will ignore on the right. The current version
might accept a trailing blank, but I don't think that's guaranteed to
work; it sounds more like a bug that someone might fix.
Andy.
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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Andy Lawman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> Abhik,
>
> text2pcap was designed to read hex dumps in od format ie: with a
character
> representation of the data on the right. If, like me, you have to create
a
> hex dump from some other source to act as input to text2pcap, then it's
your
> responsibility to ensure that there's something on the right that acts
as a
> place holder. I append " .." which is sufficient for text2pcap.
>
> Andy.
>
Thanks Andy... if that's how it was meant to be, then I'll take your tip
(or the
shorter path of just adding the space in the end ;-)
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Richard van der Hoff
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Abhik. I suspect the guy that originally posted the patch lost
> the will to work on it any further after nothing happened for three
> months... If you could polish up his patch a bit more, that would be
> fabulous.
>
>
> On a side note (not /neccessarily/ something i expect you to do
anything
> about, Abhik), it would be fabulous if text2pcap had some tests... just
> some sample input and expected output such that we can check there
> aren't any regressions as patches get applied. This is true of much of
> our code... there aren't enough tests for my liking. How do others feel
> about this?
>
Perhaps I have bitten off a bit more than I can chew here, but it will be
a
learning experience for me if I can do this... so I take the challenge :-)
If someone beats me to it, I don't mind of course.
Regards,
Abhik
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