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 */
33 * Structures to manage our input files.
35 typedef struct merge_in_file_s {
45 * Structures to manage our output file.
47 typedef struct merge_out_file_s {
53 /** Open a number of input files to merge.
55 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_file_names and in_files
56 * @param in_file_names filenames of the input files
57 * @param in_files input file array to be filled (>= sizeof(merge_in_file_t) * in_file_count)
58 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
59 * @param err_info wiretap error string, if failed
60 * @param err_fileno file on which open failed, if failed
61 * @return TRUE if all files could be opened, FALSE otherwise
64 merge_open_in_files(int in_file_count, char *const *in_file_names,
65 merge_in_file_t **in_files, int *err, gchar **err_info,
68 /** Close the input files again.
70 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
71 * @param in_files input file array to be closed
74 merge_close_in_files(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[]);
76 /** Open the output file.
78 * @param out_file the output file array, which we fill in
79 * @param fd the file descriptor to use for the output file
80 * @param file_type the file type to write
81 * @param frame_type the frame type to write
82 * @param snapshot_len the snapshot length of the output file
83 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
84 * @return TRUE, if the output file could be opened, and FALSE otherwise
87 merge_open_outfile(merge_out_file_t *out_file, int fd, int file_type,
88 int frame_type, int snapshot_len, int *err);
90 /** Close the output file again.
92 * @param out_file the output file array
93 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
94 * @return TRUE if the close succeeded, FALSE otherwise
97 merge_close_outfile(merge_out_file_t *out_file, int *err);
99 /** Try to get the frame type from the input files.
101 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
102 * @param in_files input file array
103 * @return the frame type
106 merge_select_frame_type(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[]);
108 /** Try to get the snapshot length from the input files.
110 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
111 * @param in_files input file array
112 * @return the snapshot length
115 merge_max_snapshot_length(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[]);
117 /** Merge the packets from the input files into the output file sorted chronologically.
119 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
120 * @param in_files input file array
121 * @param out_file the output file array
122 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
123 * @return TRUE on success or read failure, FALSE on write failure
126 merge_files(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[], merge_out_file_t *out_file, int *err);
128 /** Append the packets from the input files into the output file.
130 * @param in_file_count number of entries in in_files
131 * @param in_files input file array
132 * @param out_file the output file array
133 * @param err wiretap error, if failed
134 * @return TRUE on success or read failure, FALSE on write failure
137 merge_append_files(int in_file_count, merge_in_file_t in_files[],
138 merge_out_file_t *out_file, int *err);
142 #endif /* __cplusplus */
144 #endif /* __MERGE_H__ */