Re: Changing the savefiles produces packet loss

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

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On Apr 3, 2006, at 6:20 AM, David Rosal wrote:

> It would help if that would be any way to close the old file  
> asynchronously, but I guess that pcap_dump_close() blocks until the  
> savefile is closed, isn't it?

Yes.  It would be somewhat strange if a routine defined to close a  
savefile were *not* to block until it's closed....

Note also that changing savefiles also involves opening a new  
savefile, which also blocks (because that's the way the OS works).
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