Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> writes: > the -U flag is very useful, and would be even more useful if it > flushed the output buffer after writing the header after opening > the output file before writing out any packets.
I guess it doesn't hurt in any case; I'll add the following patch to the upcoming 4.1-1 package: --- a/tcpdump.c +++ b/tcpdump.c @@ -1205,6 +1205,10 @@ callback = dump_packet; pcap_userdata = (u_char *)p; } +#ifdef HAVE_PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH + if (Uflag) + pcap_dump_flush(p); +#endif } else { type = pcap_datalink(pd); printinfo.ndo_type = 1; -- Romain Francoise <rfranco...@debian.org> http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org