Re: Small patch to support pcap_setdirection - change option from -P to -Q?

[Denis Ovsienko <infrastation () yandex ru>]

[...]

>         I'd like not to have Apple's tcpdump not have to differ from the standard in that regard.
>
> Unfortunately, there aren't many options left; we really need to switch to getopt_long() (and provide our own version 
> for platforms that don't support it - the main one is Windows for WinDump, and we have to supply our own getopt() for 
> it already; most UN*Xes support it by now).

An immediate (and quite common) solution could be managing this particular knob by means of a long option like --setdir 
with no single-letter synonym. Once someone resolves the getopt_long() problem it will be possible to refine things 
further.

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-- 
    Denis Ovsienko
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