1 /* Combine dump files, either by appending or by merging by timestamp
3 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
4 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
5 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
7 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
9 * Mergecap written by Scott Renfro <scott@renfro.org> based on
10 * editcap by Richard Sharpe and Guy Harris
15 #define WS_LOG_DOMAIN LOG_DOMAIN_MAIN
21 #include <wsutil/ws_getopt.h>
25 #include <wiretap/wtap.h>
27 #include <wsutil/clopts_common.h>
28 #include <wsutil/cmdarg_err.h>
29 #include <wsutil/filesystem.h>
30 #include <wsutil/file_util.h>
31 #include <wsutil/privileges.h>
32 #include <wsutil/strnatcmp.h>
33 #include <wsutil/ws_assert.h>
34 #include <wsutil/wslog.h>
37 #include <wsutil/version_info.h>
40 #include <wsutil/plugins.h>
43 #include <wiretap/merge.h>
45 #include "ui/failure_message.h"
47 #define LONGOPT_COMPRESS LONGOPT_BASE_APPLICATION+1
53 print_usage(FILE *output
)
55 fprintf(output
, "\n");
56 fprintf(output
, "Usage: mergecap [options] -w <outfile>|- <infile> [<infile> ...]\n");
57 fprintf(output
, "\n");
58 fprintf(output
, "Output:\n");
59 fprintf(output
, " -a concatenate rather than merge files.\n");
60 fprintf(output
, " default is to merge based on frame timestamps.\n");
61 fprintf(output
, " -s <snaplen> truncate packets to <snaplen> bytes of data.\n");
62 fprintf(output
, " -w <outfile>|- set the output filename to <outfile> or '-' for stdout.\n");
63 fprintf(output
, " if the output filename has the .gz extension, it will be compressed to a gzip archive\n");
64 fprintf(output
, " -F <capture type> set the output file type; default is pcapng.\n");
65 fprintf(output
, " an empty \"-F\" option will list the file types.\n");
66 fprintf(output
, " -I <IDB merge mode> set the merge mode for Interface Description Blocks; default is 'all'.\n");
67 fprintf(output
, " an empty \"-I\" option will list the merge modes.\n");
68 fprintf(output
, " --compress <type> compress the output file using the type compression format.\n");
69 fprintf(output
, "\n");
70 fprintf(output
, "Miscellaneous:\n");
71 fprintf(output
, " -h, --help display this help and exit.\n");
72 fprintf(output
, " -V verbose output.\n");
73 fprintf(output
, " -v, --version print version information and exit.\n");
77 list_capture_types(void) {
78 GArray
*writable_type_subtypes
;
80 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: The available capture file types for the \"-F\" flag are:\n");
81 writable_type_subtypes
= wtap_get_writable_file_types_subtypes(FT_SORT_BY_NAME
);
82 for (unsigned i
= 0; i
< writable_type_subtypes
->len
; i
++) {
83 int ft
= g_array_index(writable_type_subtypes
, int, i
);
84 fprintf(stderr
, " %s - %s\n", wtap_file_type_subtype_name(ft
),
85 wtap_file_type_subtype_description(ft
));
87 g_array_free(writable_type_subtypes
, TRUE
);
91 list_idb_merge_modes(void) {
94 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: The available IDB merge modes for the \"-I\" flag are:\n");
95 for (i
= 0; i
< IDB_MERGE_MODE_MAX
; i
++) {
96 fprintf(stderr
, " %s\n", merge_idb_merge_mode_to_string(i
));
101 list_output_compression_types(void) {
102 GSList
*output_compression_types
;
104 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: The available output compress type(s) for the \"--compress\" flag are:\n");
105 output_compression_types
= wtap_get_all_output_compression_type_names_list();
106 for (GSList
*compression_type
= output_compression_types
;
107 compression_type
!= NULL
;
108 compression_type
= g_slist_next(compression_type
)) {
109 fprintf(stderr
, " %s\n", (const char *)compression_type
->data
);
112 g_slist_free(output_compression_types
);
116 merge_callback(merge_event event
, int num
,
117 const merge_in_file_t in_files
[], const unsigned in_file_count
,
124 case MERGE_EVENT_INPUT_FILES_OPENED
:
125 for (i
= 0; i
< in_file_count
; i
++) {
126 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: %s is type %s.\n", in_files
[i
].filename
,
127 wtap_file_type_subtype_description(wtap_file_type_subtype(in_files
[i
].wth
)));
131 case MERGE_EVENT_FRAME_TYPE_SELECTED
:
132 /* for this event, num = frame_type */
133 if (num
== WTAP_ENCAP_PER_PACKET
) {
135 * Find out why we had to choose WTAP_ENCAP_PER_PACKET.
137 int first_frame_type
, this_frame_type
;
139 first_frame_type
= wtap_file_encap(in_files
[0].wth
);
140 for (i
= 1; i
< in_file_count
; i
++) {
141 this_frame_type
= wtap_file_encap(in_files
[i
].wth
);
142 if (first_frame_type
!= this_frame_type
) {
143 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: multiple frame encapsulation types detected\n");
144 fprintf(stderr
, " defaulting to WTAP_ENCAP_PER_PACKET\n");
145 fprintf(stderr
, " %s had type %s (%s)\n",
146 in_files
[0].filename
,
147 wtap_encap_description(first_frame_type
),
148 wtap_encap_name(first_frame_type
));
149 fprintf(stderr
, " %s had type %s (%s)\n",
150 in_files
[i
].filename
,
151 wtap_encap_description(this_frame_type
),
152 wtap_encap_name(this_frame_type
));
157 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: selected frame_type %s (%s)\n",
158 wtap_encap_description(num
),
159 wtap_encap_name(num
));
162 case MERGE_EVENT_READY_TO_MERGE
:
163 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: ready to merge records\n");
166 case MERGE_EVENT_RECORD_WAS_READ
:
167 /* for this event, num = count */
168 fprintf(stderr
, "Record: %d\n", num
);
171 case MERGE_EVENT_DONE
:
172 fprintf(stderr
, "mergecap: merging complete\n");
176 /* false = do not stop merging */
181 main(int argc
, char *argv
[])
183 char *configuration_init_error
;
185 static const struct ws_option long_options
[] = {
186 {"help", ws_no_argument
, NULL
, 'h'},
187 {"version", ws_no_argument
, NULL
, 'v'},
188 {"compress", ws_required_argument
, NULL
, LONGOPT_COMPRESS
},
191 bool do_append
= false;
192 bool verbose
= false;
193 int in_file_count
= 0;
194 uint32_t snaplen
= 0;
195 int file_type
= WTAP_FILE_TYPE_SUBTYPE_UNKNOWN
;
196 char *out_filename
= NULL
;
198 idb_merge_mode mode
= IDB_MERGE_MODE_MAX
;
199 wtap_compression_type compression_type
= WTAP_UNKNOWN_COMPRESSION
;
200 merge_progress_callback_t cb
;
202 /* Set the program name. */
203 g_set_prgname("mergecap");
205 cmdarg_err_init(stderr_cmdarg_err
, stderr_cmdarg_err_cont
);
207 /* Initialize log handler early so we can have proper logging during startup. */
208 ws_log_init(vcmdarg_err
);
210 /* Early logging command-line initialization. */
211 ws_log_parse_args(&argc
, argv
, vcmdarg_err
, 1);
213 ws_noisy("Finished log init and parsing command line log arguments");
216 create_app_running_mutex();
220 * Get credential information for later use.
222 init_process_policies();
225 * Attempt to get the pathname of the directory containing the
228 configuration_init_error
= configuration_init(argv
[0]);
229 if (configuration_init_error
!= NULL
) {
231 "Can't get pathname of directory containing the mergecap program: %s.",
232 configuration_init_error
);
233 g_free(configuration_init_error
);
236 /* Initialize the version information. */
237 ws_init_version_info("Mergecap", NULL
, NULL
);
239 init_report_failure_message("mergecap");
243 /* Process the options first */
244 while ((opt
= ws_getopt_long(argc
, argv
, "aF:hI:s:vVw:", long_options
, NULL
)) != -1) {
248 do_append
= !do_append
;
252 file_type
= wtap_name_to_file_type_subtype(ws_optarg
);
254 cmdarg_err("\"%s\" isn't a valid capture file type",
256 list_capture_types();
263 show_help_header("Merge two or more capture files into one.");
269 mode
= merge_string_to_idb_merge_mode(ws_optarg
);
270 if (mode
== IDB_MERGE_MODE_MAX
) {
271 cmdarg_err("\"%s\" isn't a valid IDB merge mode",
273 list_idb_merge_modes();
280 snaplen
= get_nonzero_uint32(ws_optarg
, "snapshot length");
293 out_filename
= ws_optarg
;
296 case LONGOPT_COMPRESS
:
297 compression_type
= wtap_name_to_compression_type(ws_optarg
);
298 if (compression_type
== WTAP_UNKNOWN_COMPRESSION
) {
299 cmdarg_err("\"%s\" isn't a valid output compression mode",
301 list_output_compression_types();
305 case '?': /* Bad options if GNU getopt */
308 list_capture_types();
311 list_idb_merge_modes();
313 case LONGOPT_COMPRESS
:
314 list_output_compression_types();
325 /* Default to pcapng when writing. */
326 if (file_type
== WTAP_FILE_TYPE_SUBTYPE_UNKNOWN
)
327 file_type
= wtap_pcapng_file_type_subtype();
329 cb
.callback_func
= merge_callback
;
332 /* check for proper args; at a minimum, must have an output
333 * filename and one input file
335 in_file_count
= argc
- ws_optind
;
337 cmdarg_err("an output filename must be set with -w");
338 cmdarg_err_cont("run with -h for help");
342 if (in_file_count
< 1) {
343 cmdarg_err("No input files were specified");
347 if (compression_type
== WTAP_UNKNOWN_COMPRESSION
) {
348 /* An explicitly specified compression type overrides filename
349 * magic. (Should we allow specifying "no" compression with, e.g.
350 * a ".gz" extension?) */
351 const char *sfx
= strrchr(out_filename
, '.');
353 compression_type
= wtap_extension_to_compression_type(sfx
+ 1);
357 if (compression_type
== WTAP_UNKNOWN_COMPRESSION
) {
358 compression_type
= WTAP_UNCOMPRESSED
;
361 if (!wtap_can_write_compression_type(compression_type
)) {
362 cmdarg_err("Output files can't be written as %s",
363 wtap_compression_type_description(compression_type
));
368 if (compression_type
!= WTAP_UNCOMPRESSED
&& !wtap_dump_can_compress(file_type
)) {
369 cmdarg_err("The file format %s can't be written to output compressed format",
370 wtap_file_type_subtype_name(file_type
));
376 * Setting IDB merge mode must use a file format that supports
377 * (and thus requires) interface ID and information blocks.
379 if (mode
!= IDB_MERGE_MODE_MAX
&&
380 wtap_file_type_subtype_supports_block(file_type
, WTAP_BLOCK_IF_ID_AND_INFO
) == BLOCK_NOT_SUPPORTED
) {
381 cmdarg_err("The IDB merge mode can only be used with an output format that identifies interfaces");
386 /* if they didn't set IDB merge mode, set it to our default */
387 if (mode
== IDB_MERGE_MODE_MAX
) {
388 mode
= IDB_MERGE_MODE_ALL_SAME
;
391 /* open the outfile */
392 if (strcmp(out_filename
, "-") == 0) {
393 /* merge the files to the standard output */
394 status
= merge_files_to_stdout(file_type
,
395 (const char *const *) &argv
[ws_optind
],
396 in_file_count
, do_append
, mode
, snaplen
,
397 get_appname_and_version(),
398 verbose
? &cb
: NULL
, compression_type
);
400 /* merge the files to the outfile */
401 status
= merge_files(out_filename
, file_type
,
402 (const char *const *) &argv
[ws_optind
], in_file_count
,
403 do_append
, mode
, snaplen
, get_appname_and_version(),
404 verbose
? &cb
: NULL
, compression_type
);
410 return status
? 0 : 2;