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Re: Capture filter syntax check - why no check before starting a session?
From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:27:43 +0100
Hi, I've been toying with the idea of adding a precompile option button to the capture dialog. When pressing that a popup would show you the BPF code (like tcpdump -d) and a result of processing the capture filter. Maybe you can file an enhancement bug? Thanks, Jaap Send from my iPhone On 3 feb 2010, at 12:00, Robert Kochem <robert () mailueberfall de> wrote:
Hi Wireshark developers, I am currently fighting again with the capture filter syntax. I want to build a relatively complex filter which isn't that simple. My major problem while developing the capture filter is that there is the missing possibility to check the syntax of a filter. The only possibility is to try starting a new capture session. I don't expect an real time checking while typing with highlighting but a simple button for checking the syntax would be really great and would improve the option dialog significantly. Additionally the "Invalid capture filter" error dialog does not give any clue what part of the filter string caused the error. A little bit more verboseness would be helpful here, too. Is there any chance to get those two changes implemented? Robert ___________________________________________________________________________
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- Capture filter syntax check - why no check before starting a session? Robert Kochem (Feb 03)
- Re: Capture filter syntax check - why no check before starting a session? Jaap Keuter (Feb 03)