2 * Definitions for routines for merging files.
6 * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
8 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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30 #endif /* __cplusplus */
40 * Structures to manage our input files.
42 typedef struct merge_in_file_s {
46 in_file_state_e state;
47 gint64 size; /* file size */
50 /** Open a number of input files to merge.
52 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_file_names and in_files
53 * @param in_file_names filenames of the input files
54 * @param in_files input file array to be filled (>= sizeof(merge_in_file_t) * in_file_count)
55 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
56 * @param err_info wiretap error string, if failed
57 * @param err_fileno file on which open failed, if failed
58 * @return TRUE if all files could be opened, FALSE otherwise
61 merge_open_in_files(int in_file_count, char *const *in_file_names,
62 merge_in_file_t **in_files, int *err, gchar **err_info,
65 /** Close the input files again.
67 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
68 * @param in_files input file array to be closed
71 merge_close_in_files(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[]);
73 /** Try to get the frame type from the input files.
75 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
76 * @param in_files input file array
77 * @return the frame type
80 merge_select_frame_type(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[]);
82 /** Try to get the snapshot length from the input files.
84 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
85 * @param in_files input file array
86 * @return the snapshot length
89 merge_max_snapshot_length(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[]);
91 /** Read the next packet, in chronological order, from the set of files to
94 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
95 * @param in_files input file array
96 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
97 * @param err_info wiretap error string, if failed
98 * @return pointer to wtap for file from which that packet came, or NULL on
102 merge_read_packet(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[], int *err,
106 /** Read the next packet, in file sequence order, from the set of files
109 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
110 * @param in_files input file array
111 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
112 * @param err_info wiretap error string, if failed
113 * @return pointer to wtap for file from which that packet came, or NULL on
117 merge_append_read_packet(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[],
118 int *err, gchar **err_info);
122 #endif /* __cplusplus */
124 #endif /* __MERGE_H__ */