Re: gzip and tcpdump...

[Maik Pfeil <root () bundesspionageministerium de>]

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 05:32:06 +0100 (MET)
From: Rob Braun <bbraun () synack net>
To: arbon () gmx de
Subject: Re: tcpdump-workers () tcpdump org

Thanks for pointing that out.  The real issue is what to do
in the writing case, since the user should be able to specify
compressed or uncompressed output.

Rob

On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 03:01:13AM +0100, Maik Pfeil wrote:
> There is no need to detect weather a file is gzipped or not.  You can simply
> replace the normal fopen/open calls with gzopen or the close/fclose calls
> with gzclose. The function gzopen check the file and if it is gzipped it start
> the deflating, if not it works like the normal open function.
>
> In the APSR Project, www.aa-security.de, we work with this method. 
>
> Maybe, if someone need a patch or an example, just a drop line.
>
> Greets, Maik
>
>
> Please reply to arbon () gmx de, thanks
>
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