Customize the default path of temporary file when capturing
Hi,
is it any possibility to configure default path a custom path for saving traces? I have Centos 7.9 with wireshark 1.10.14-25.el7 version. I have a posibility to choose another path from Options but that not what I want. Because Wireshark is using /tmp as default path and /tmp is so small that affect my OS when it's full, I need to configure permanently a new path, lat's say /var/tmp for saving captured files.
Do you have any solution for this? I tried also by using TMPDIR environment variable but not working.
thank you,
I don't know about 1.10 as that's a prehistoric version, but current versions (on Windows at least) remember the place where files were last saved and default to that every time.
I would see if it's possible to upgrade, likely you'll need to build yourself due to your very old distro.
even in the upgraded version I can't see this option in preferences. By the way, this version is the last version offered by CEntos 7.9 distro. Tell me just any way of setting this customized path for default capture files.
I misunderstood your question, I thought it was about the location used when you manually save a capture file post-capture, instead you're looking for a way to set the location of the temporary file while capturing.
ok, so that's now clear does exist something hide to fulfill so small thing but so high needed? Lot of applications have configurable the path of working, why this hasn't?
Wireshark is a volunteer run project and folks mostly work on what they need or are interested in.
If you have something specific you need then your options are, in decreasing likelihood of getting that need fulfilled quickly:
The last of those options obviously relies on a volunteer taking up the task.