Additional info:
It is dumpcap from Ethereal 0.99.0
I told the customer to try again with dumpcap/Wireshark 0.99.4.
But then i think this part hasn't much evolved?
Lars


Lars Ruoff wrote:
> Hi,
> one of my customers in using dumpcap (on Windows) like this:
> 
>  > dumpcap -i X -w data/dump.pcap -b filesize:10000 -b files:100
> 
> (where X is the index of the right capture interface.)
> This should turn on a max of 100 files * 10000KB = 1GB of maximum used
> disk space.
> 
> He notes that:
> <quote>
> We have started the tests as indicated.  Initially the filesize was
> increasing in a proper manner, i.e. I checked at intervals and it was 
> for example, 1MB, 4MB, 6MB etc...
> 
> However after some time, I checked the filesize again, and found a 
> number of files with a size of approximately 100 bytes each (1KB size on 
> disk), which I'm attaching for your comments.
> </quote>
> 
> Actually, these files contain a *single* (entire) packet!
> 
> Anybody knowing what's going on here?
> Is this a known bug and can something be done about it?
> 
> thanks,
> Lars
> 
> 
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