alerted. Close the sync pipe. */
ws_close(source);
- /* the child has send us a filename which we couldn't open.
- this probably means, the child is creating files faster than we can handle it.
- this should only be the case for very fast file switches
- we can't do much more than telling the child to stop
- (this is the "emergency brake" if user e.g. wants to switch files every second) */
+ /* The child has sent us a filename which we couldn't open.
+
+ This could mean that the child is creating files faster
+ than we can handle it. (XXX - why would that result in
+ a failure to open the file?)
+
+ That should only be the case for very fast file switches;
+ We can't do much more than telling the child to stop.
+ (This is the "emergency brake" if the user e.g. wants to
+ switch files every second). */
+
+ This can also happen if the user specified "-", meaning
+ "standard output", as the capture file. */
sync_pipe_stop(capture_opts);
capture_input_closed(capture_opts, NULL);
return FALSE;