Nope - once the file ends, ntop stops reading. You would need to cat them together first.
-----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Stef > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 7:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ntop] How to read-in multiple files (ntop -f)? > > > I have a need to analyze a trace file, with ntop, outside the box > where the capture(s) has been produced (i.e. which is why I cannot run > ntop, but rather having to create a capture, first). I have initially > created the capture as one single file, but it ended up around 3GB, > way beyond what my ntop-on-MacOSX-iBook was willing to "swallow". I > restarted the capture, by creating numerous 5MB files, instead, as: > > # tethereal -i <my_if> -a filesize:5000 -b 0 -w <output_file.cap> > > which keeps creating the files I need, with the size I am hoping to be > able to use with ntop. > > Now - my question: how do I "read-in" ntop these files, once I > transfer them to my ntop machine, so that data is sequentially loaded, > no data is lost in between the reads, and I get the whole picture of > the traffic? Would: > > # while file in .; do ntop -f $file; done > > cut it? > > TIA, > Stef > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
