Re: Multiple input files

[Dario Lombardo <dario.lombardo.ml () gmail com>]

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Christopher Maynard <
Christopher.Maynard () gtech com> wrote:

> Two problems:
> 1) How do you guarantee the files will be processed in correct time order
> for appending?
I can't. If the user needs it, they can run reordercap.


> 2) mergecap today doesn't support reading from stdin.
>
> I think Jasper's solution is the way to go for now (less the -a option due
> to #1 above).
>
> Even my earlier proposed script isn't as useful as it could be.  What might
> make it more useful (potentially) is if in addition to supporting reading
> from stdin, mergecap also supported reading from and writing to the same
> file, as that would completely avoid the tmp file(s) altogether, i.e.:
This would be a very useful option. But I don't think it's a feasible way,
since the file handlers (in and out) are different.

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