"This file format can't be written to a pipe" and "this file format

[obnox/wireshark/wip.git] / wiretap / visual.c

diff --git a/wiretap/visual.c b/wiretap/visual.c
index c1bbd0db5f887af565ea8727f6392f9640d30666..949c1051723e505cbd066b348a02ec2fb88f02ef 100644 (file)
--- a/wiretap/visual.c
+++ b/wiretap/visual.c
@@ -661,17 +661,10 @@ int visual_dump_can_write_encap(int encap)
 /* Open a file for writing.
    Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure; sets "*err" to an
    error code on failure */
-gboolean visual_dump_open(wtap_dumper *wdh, gboolean cant_seek, int *err)
+gboolean visual_dump_open(wtap_dumper *wdh, int *err)
 {
     struct visual_write_info *visual;
 
-    /* We can't fill in some fields in the header until all the packets
-       have been written, so we can't write to a pipe. */
-    if (cant_seek) {
-       *err = WTAP_ERR_CANT_WRITE_TO_PIPE;
-       return FALSE;
-    }
-
     /* Set the write routines for a visual file. */
     wdh->subtype_write = visual_dump;
     wdh->subtype_close = visual_dump_close;