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+-- pcap_file_reader.lua
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--[[
+ This is a Wireshark Lua-based pcap capture file reader.
+ Author: Hadriel Kaplan
+
+ This "capture file" reader reads pcap files - the old style ones. Don't expect this to
+ be as good as the real thing; this is a simplistic implementation to show how to
+ create such file readers, and for testing purposes.
+
+ This script requires Wireshark v1.12 or newer.
+--]]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- do not modify this table
+local debug = {
+ DISABLED = 0,
+ LEVEL_1 = 1,
+ LEVEL_2 = 2
+}
+
+-- set this DEBUG to debug.LEVEL_1 to enable printing debug info
+-- set it to debug.LEVEL_2 to enable really verbose printing
+local DEBUG = debug.LEVEL_1
+
+
+local wireshark_name = "Wireshark"
+if not GUI_ENABLED then
+ wireshark_name = "Tshark"
+end
+
+-- verify Wireshark is new enough
+local major, minor, micro = get_version():match("(%d+)%.(%d+)%.(%d+)")
+if major and tonumber(major) <= 1 and ((tonumber(minor) <= 10) or (tonumber(minor) == 11 and tonumber(micro) < 3)) then
+ error( "Sorry, but your " .. wireshark_name .. " version (" .. get_version() .. ") is too old for this script!\n" ..
+ "This script needs " .. wireshark_name .. "version 1.12 or higher.\n" )
+end
+
+-- verify we have the Struct library in wireshark
+-- technically we should be able to do this with 'require', but Struct is a built-in
+assert(Struct.unpack, wireshark_name .. " does not have the Struct library!")
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- early definitions
+-- throughout most of this file I try to pre-declare things to help ease
+-- reading it and following the logic flow, but some things just have to be done
+-- before others, so this sections has such things that cannot be avoided
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- first some variable declarations for functions we'll define later
+local parse_file_header, parse_rec_header, read_common
+
+-- these will be set inside of parse_file_header(), but we're declaring them up here
+local default_settings =
+{
+ debug = DEBUG,
+ corrected_magic = 0xa1b2c3d4,
+ version_major = 2,
+ version_minor = 4,
+ timezone = 0,
+ sigfigs = 0,
+ read_snaplen = 0, -- the snaplen we read from file
+ snaplen = 0, -- the snaplen we use (limited by WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE)
+ linktype = -1, -- the raw linktype number in the file header
+ wtap_type = wtap_encaps.UNKNOWN, -- the mapped internal wtap number based on linktype
+ endianess = ENC_BIG_ENDIAN,
+ time_precision = wtap_tsprecs.USEC,
+ rec_hdr_len = 16, -- default size of record header
+ rec_hdr_patt = "I4 I4 I4 I4", -- pattern for Struct to use
+ num_rec_fields = 4, -- number of vars in pattern
+}
+
+local dprint = function() end
+local dprint2 = function() end
+local function reset_debug()
+ if default_settings.debug > debug.DISABLED then
+ dprint = function(...)
+ print(table.concat({"Lua:", ...}," "))
+ end
+
+ if default_settings.debug > debug.LEVEL_1 then
+ dprint2 = dprint
+ end
+ end
+end
+-- call it now
+reset_debug()
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- file reader handling functions for Wireshark to use
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- The read_open() is called by Wireshark once per file, to see if the file is this reader's type.
+-- Wireshark passes in (1) a File object and (2) CaptureInfo object to this function
+-- It expects in return either nil or false to mean it's not our file type, or true if it is
+-- In our case what this means is we figure out if the file has the magic header, and get the
+-- endianess of the file, and the encapsulation type of its frames/records
+local function read_open(file, capture)
+ dprint2("read_open() called")
+
+ local file_settings = parse_file_header(file)
+
+ if file_settings then
+
+ dprint2("read_open: success, file is for us")
+
+ -- save our state
+ capture.private_table = file_settings
+
+ -- if the file is for us, we MUST set the file position cursor to
+ -- where we want the first call to read() function to get it the next time
+ -- for example if we checked a few records to be sure it's or type
+ -- but in this simple example we only verify the file header (24 bytes)
+ -- and we want the file position to remain after that header for our read()
+ -- call, so we don't change it back
+ --file:seek("set",position)
+
+ -- these we can also set per record later during read operations
+ capture.time_precision = file_settings.time_precision
+ capture.encap = file_settings.wtap_type
+ capture.snapshot_length = file_settings.snaplen
+
+ return true
+ end
+
+ dprint2("read_open: file not for us")
+
+ -- if it's not for us, wireshark will reset the file position itself
+
+ return false
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- Wireshark/tshark calls read() for each frame/record in the file
+-- It passes in (1) a File, (2) CaptureInfo, and (3) FrameInfo object to this function
+-- It expects in return the file offset position the record starts at,
+-- or nil/false if there's an error or end-of-file is reached.
+-- The offset position is used later: wireshark remembers it and gives
+-- it to seek_read() at various random times
+local function read(file, capture, frame)
+ dprint2("read() called")
+
+ -- call our common reader function
+ local position = file:seek()
+
+ if not read_common("read", file, capture, frame) then
+ -- this isnt' actually an error, because it might just mean we reached end-of-file
+ -- so let's test for that (read(0) is a special case in Lua, see Lua docs)
+ if file:read(0) ~= nil then
+ dprint("read: failed to call read_common")
+ else
+ dprint2("read: reached end of file")
+ end
+ return false
+ end
+
+ dprint2("read: succeess")
+
+ -- return the position we got to (or nil if we hit EOF/error)
+ return position
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- Wireshark/tshark calls seek_read() for each frame/record in the file, at random times
+-- It passes in (1) a File, (2) CaptureInfo, (3) FrameInfo object, and the offset position number
+-- It expects in return true for successful parsing, or nil/false if there's an error.
+local function seek_read(file, capture, frame, offset)
+ dprint2("seek_read() called")
+
+ -- first move to the right position in the file
+ file:seek("set",offset)
+
+ if not read_common("seek_read", file, capture, frame) then
+ dprint("seek_read: failed to call read_common")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ return true
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- Wireshark/tshark calls read_close() when it's closing the file completely
+-- It passes in (1) a File and (2) CaptureInfo object to this function
+-- this is a good opportunity to clean up any state you may have created during
+-- file reading. (in our case there's no real state)
+local function read_close(file, capture)
+ dprint2("read_close() called")
+ -- we don't really have to reset anything, because we used the
+ -- capture.private_table and wireshark clears it for us after this function
+ return true
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- An often unused function, Wireshark calls this when the sequential walk-through is over
+-- (i.e., no more calls to read(), only to seek_read()).
+-- It passes in (1) a File and (2) CaptureInfo object to this function
+-- This gives you a chance to clean up any state you used during read() calls, but remember
+-- that there will be calls to seek_read() after this (in Wireshark, though not Tshark)
+local function seq_read_close(file, capture)
+ dprint2("First pass of read() calls are over, but there may be seek_read() calls after this")
+ return true
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- ok, so let's create a FileHandler object
+local fh = FileHandler.new("Lua-based PCAP reader", "lua_pcap", "A Lua-based file reader for PCAP-type files","rms")
+
+-- set above functions to the FileHandler
+fh.read_open = read_open
+fh.read = read
+fh.seek_read = seek_read
+fh.read_close = read_close
+fh.seq_read_close = seq_read_close
+fh.extensions = "pcap;cap" -- this is just a hint
+
+-- and finally, register the FileHandler!
+register_filehandler(fh)
+
+dprint2("FileHandler registered")
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- ok now for the boring stuff that actually does the work
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- in Lua, we have access to encapsulation types in the 'wtap_encaps' table, but
+-- those numbers don't actually necessarily match the numbers in pcap files
+-- for the encapsulation type, because the namespace got screwed up at some
+-- point in the past (blame LBL NRG, not wireshark for that)
+-- but I'm not going to create the full mapping of these two namespaces
+-- instead we'll just use this smaller table to map them
+-- these are taken from wiretap/pcap-common.c
+local pcap2wtap = {
+ [0] = wtap_encaps.NULL,
+ [1] = wtap_encaps.ETHERNET,
+ [6] = wtap_encaps.TOKEN_RING,
+ [8] = wtap_encaps.SLIP,
+ [9] = wtap_encaps.PPP,
+ [101] = wtap_encaps.RAW_IP,
+ [105] = wtap_encaps.IEEE_802_11,
+ [127] = wtap_encaps.IEEE_802_11_RADIOTAP,
+ [140] = wtap_encaps.MTP2,
+ [141] = wtap_encaps.MTP3,
+ [143] = wtap_encaps.DOCSIS,
+ [147] = wtap_encaps.USER0,
+ [148] = wtap_encaps.USER1,
+ [149] = wtap_encaps.USER2,
+ [150] = wtap_encaps.USER3,
+ [151] = wtap_encaps.USER4,
+ [152] = wtap_encaps.USER5,
+ [153] = wtap_encaps.USER6,
+ [154] = wtap_encaps.USER7,
+ [155] = wtap_encaps.USER8,
+ [156] = wtap_encaps.USER9,
+ [157] = wtap_encaps.USER10,
+ [158] = wtap_encaps.USER11,
+ [159] = wtap_encaps.USER12,
+ [160] = wtap_encaps.USER13,
+ [161] = wtap_encaps.USER14,
+ [162] = wtap_encaps.USER15,
+ [186] = wtap_encaps.USB,
+ [187] = wtap_encaps.BLUETOOTH_H4,
+ [189] = wtap_encaps.USB_LINUX,
+ [195] = wtap_encaps.IEEE802_15_4,
+}
+
+-- we can use the above to directly map very quickly
+-- but to map it backwards we'll use this, because I'm lazy:
+local function wtap2pcap(encap)
+ for k,v in pairs(pcap2wtap) do
+ if v == encap then
+ return k
+ end
+ end
+ return 0
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- here are the "structs" we're going to parse, of the various records in a pcap file
+-- these pattern string gets used in calls to Struct.unpack()
+--
+-- we will prepend a '<' or '>' later, once we figure out what endian-ess the files are in
+--
+-- this is a constant for minimum we need to read before we figure out the filetype
+local FILE_HDR_LEN = 24
+-- a pcap file header struct
+-- this is: magic, version_major, version_minor, timezone, sigfigs, snaplen, encap type
+local FILE_HEADER_PATT = "I4 I2 I2 i4 I4 I4 I4"
+-- it's too bad Struct doesn't have a way to get the number of vars the pattern holds
+-- another thing to add to my to-do list?
+local NUM_HDR_FIELDS = 7
+
+-- these will hold the '<'/'>' prepended version of above
+--local file_header, rec_header
+
+-- snaplen/caplen can't be bigger than this
+local WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE = 65535
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- different pcap file types have different magic values
+-- we need to know various things about them for various functions
+-- in this script, so this table holds all the info
+--
+-- See default_settings table above for the defaults used if this table
+-- doesn't override them.
+--
+-- Arguably, these magic types represent different "Protocols" to dissect later,
+-- but this script treats them all as "pcapfile" protocol.
+--
+-- From this table, we'll auto-create a value-string table for file header magic field
+local magic_spells =
+{
+ normal =
+ {
+ magic = 0xa1b2c3d4,
+ name = "Normal (Big-endian)",
+ },
+ swapped =
+ {
+ magic = 0xd4c3b2a1,
+ name = "Swapped Normal (Little-endian)",
+ endianess = ENC_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
+ },
+ modified =
+ {
+ -- this is for a ss991029 patched format only
+ magic = 0xa1b2cd34,
+ name = "Modified",
+ rec_hdr_len = 24,
+ rec_hdr_patt = "I4I4I4I4 I4 I2 I1 I1",
+ num_rec_fields = 8,
+ },
+ swapped_modified =
+ {
+ -- this is for a ss991029 patched format only
+ magic = 0x34cdb2a1,
+ name = "Swapped Modified",
+ rec_hdr_len = 24,
+ rec_hdr_patt = "I4I4I4I4 I4 I2 I1 I1",
+ num_rec_fields = 8,
+ endianess = ENC_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
+ },
+ nsecs =
+ {
+ magic = 0xa1b23c4d,
+ name = "Nanosecond",
+ time_precision = wtap_filetypes.TSPREC_NSEC,
+ },
+ swapped_nsecs =
+ {
+ magic = 0x4d3cb2a1,
+ name = "Swapped Nanosecond",
+ endianess = ENC_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
+ time_precision = wtap_filetypes.TSPREC_NSEC,
+ },
+}
+
+-- create a magic-to-spell entry table from above magic_spells table
+-- so we can find them faster during file read operations
+-- we could just add them right back into spells table, but this is cleaner
+local magic_values = {}
+for k,t in pairs(magic_spells) do
+ magic_values[t.magic] = t
+end
+
+-- the function which makes a copy of the default settings per file
+local function new_settings()
+ dprint2("creating new file_settings")
+ local file_settings = {}
+ for k,v in pairs(default_settings) do
+ file_settings[k] = v
+ end
+ return file_settings
+end
+
+-- set the file_settings that the magic value defines in magic_values
+local function set_magic_file_settings(magic)
+ local t = magic_values[magic]
+ if not t then
+ dprint("set_magic_file_settings: did not find magic settings for:",magic)
+ return false
+ end
+
+ local file_settings = new_settings()
+
+ -- the magic_values/spells table uses the same key names, so this is easy
+ for k,v in pairs(t) do
+ file_settings[k] = v
+ end
+
+ -- based on endianess, set the file_header and rec_header
+ -- and determine corrected_magic
+ if file_settings.endianess == ENC_BIG_ENDIAN then
+ file_settings.file_hdr_patt = '>' .. FILE_HEADER_PATT
+ file_settings.rec_hdr_patt = '>' .. file_settings.rec_hdr_patt
+ file_settings.corrected_magic = magic
+ else
+ file_settings.file_hdr_patt = '<' .. FILE_HEADER_PATT
+ file_settings.rec_hdr_patt = '<' .. file_settings.rec_hdr_patt
+ local m = Struct.pack(">I4", magic)
+ file_settings.corrected_magic = Struct.unpack("<I4", m)
+ end
+
+ file_settings.rec_hdr_len = Struct.size(file_settings.rec_hdr_patt)
+
+ return file_settings
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- internal functions declared previously
+----------------------------------------
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- used by read_open(), this parses the file header
+parse_file_header = function(file)
+ dprint2("parse_file_header() called")
+
+ -- by default, file:read() gets the next "string", meaning ending with a newline \n
+ -- but we want raw byte reads, so tell it how many bytes to read
+ local line = file:read(FILE_HDR_LEN)
+
+ -- it's ok for us to not be able to read it, but we need to tell wireshark the
+ -- file's not for us, so return false
+ if not line then return false end
+
+ dprint2("parse_file_header: got this line:\n'", Struct.tohex(line,false,":"), "'")
+
+ -- let's peek at the magic int32, assuming it's big-endian
+ local magic = Struct.unpack(">I4", line)
+
+ local file_settings = set_magic_file_settings(magic)
+
+ if not file_settings then
+ dprint("magic was: '", magic, "', so not a known pcap file?")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ -- this is: magic, version_major, version_minor, timezone, sigfigs, snaplen, encap type
+ local fields = { Struct.unpack(file_settings.file_hdr_patt, line) }
+
+ -- sanity check; also note that Struct.unpack() returns the fields plus
+ -- a number of where in the line it stopped reading (i.e., the end in this case)
+ -- so we got back number of fields + 1
+ if #fields ~= NUM_HDR_FIELDS + 1 then
+ -- this should never happen, since we already told file:read() to grab enough bytes
+ dprint("parse_file_header: failed to read the file header")
+ return nil
+ end
+
+ -- fields[1] is the magic, which we already parsed and saved before, but just to be sure
+ -- our endianess is set right, we validate what we got is what we expect now that
+ -- endianess has been corrected
+ if fields[1] ~= file_settings.corrected_magic then
+ dprint ("parse_file_header: endianess screwed up? Got:'", fields[1],
+ "', but wanted:", file_settings.corrected_magic)
+ return nil
+ end
+
+ file_settings.version_major = fields[2]
+ file_settings.version_minor = fields[3]
+ file_settings.timezone = fields[4]
+ file_settings.sigfigs = fields[5]
+ file_settings.read_snaplen = fields[6]
+ file_settings.linktype = fields[7]
+
+ -- wireshark only supports version 2.0 and later
+ if fields[2] < 2 then
+ dprint("got version =",VERSION_MAJOR,"but only version 2 or greater supported")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ -- convert pcap file interface type to wtap number type
+ file_settings.wtap_type = pcap2wtap[file_settings.linktype]
+ if not file_settings.wtap_type then
+ dprint("file nettype", file_settings.linktype,
+ "couldn't be mapped to wireshark wtap type")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ file_settings.snaplen = file_settings.read_snaplen
+ if file_settings.snaplen > WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE then
+ file_settings.snaplen = WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE
+ end
+
+ dprint2("read_file_header: got magic='", magic,
+ "', major version='", file_settings.version_major,
+ "', minor='", file_settings.version_minor,
+ "', timezone='", file_settings.timezone,
+ "', sigfigs='", file_settings.sigfigs,
+ "', read_snaplen='", file_settings.read_snaplen,
+ "', snaplen='", file_settings.snaplen,
+ "', nettype ='", file_settings.linktype,
+ "', wtap ='", file_settings.wtap_type)
+
+ --ok, it's a pcap file
+ dprint2("parse_file_header: success")
+ return file_settings
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- this is used by both read() and seek_read()
+-- the calling function to this should have already set the file position correctly
+read_common = function(funcname, file, capture, frame)
+ dprint2(funcname,": read_common() called")
+
+ -- get the state info
+ local file_settings = capture.private_table
+
+ -- first parse the record header, which will set the FrameInfo fields
+ if not parse_rec_header(funcname, file, file_settings, frame) then
+ dprint2(funcname, ": read_common: hit end of file or error")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ frame.encap = file_settings.wtap_type
+
+ -- now we need to get the packet bytes from the file record into the frame...
+ -- we *could* read them into a string using file:read(numbytes), and then
+ -- set them to frame.data so that wireshark gets it...
+ -- but that would mean the packet's string would be copied into Lua
+ -- and then sent right back into wireshark, which is gonna slow things
+ -- down; instead FrameInfo has a read_data() method, which makes
+ -- wireshark read directly from the file into the frame buffer, so we use that
+ if not frame:read_data(file, frame.captured_length) then
+ dprint(funcname, ": read_common: failed to read data from file into buffer")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ return true
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- the function to parse individual records
+parse_rec_header = function(funcname, file, file_settings, frame)
+ dprint2(funcname,": parse_rec_header() called")
+
+ local line = file:read(file_settings.rec_hdr_len)
+
+ -- it's ok for us to not be able to read it, if it's end of file
+ if not line then return false end
+
+ -- this is: time_sec, time_usec, capture_len, original_len
+ local fields = { Struct.unpack(file_settings.rec_hdr_patt, line) }
+
+ -- sanity check; also note that Struct.unpack() returns the fields plus
+ -- a number of where in the line it stopped reading (i.e., the end in this case)
+ -- so we got back number of fields + 1
+ if #fields ~= file_settings.num_rec_fields + 1 then
+ dprint(funcname, ": parse_rec_header: failed to read the record header, got:",
+ #fields, ", expected:", file_settings.num_rec_fields)
+ return nil
+ end
+
+ local nsecs = fields[2]
+
+ if file_settings.time_precision == wtap_filetypes.TSPREC_USEC then
+ nsecs = nsecs * 1000
+ elseif file_settings.time_precision == wtap_filetypes.TSPREC_MSEC then
+ nsecs = nsecs * 1000000
+ end
+
+ frame.time = NSTime(fields[1], nsecs)
+
+ local caplen, origlen = fields[3], fields[4]
+
+ -- sanity check, verify captured length isn't more than original length
+ if caplen > origlen then
+ dprint("captured length of", caplen, "is bigger than original length of", origlen)
+ -- swap them, a cool Lua ability
+ caplen, origlen = origlen, caplen
+ end
+
+ if caplen > WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE then
+ dprint("Got a captured_length of", caplen, "which is too big")
+ caplen = WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE
+ end
+
+ frame.rec_type = wtap_rec_types.PACKET
+
+ frame.captured_length = caplen
+ frame.original_length = origlen
+
+ frame.flags = wtap_presence_flags.TS + wtap_presence_flags.CAP_LEN -- for timestamp|cap_len
+
+ dprint2(funcname,": parse_rec_header() returning")
+ return true
+end
+
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- file writer handling functions for Wireshark to use
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- file encaps we can handle writing
+local canwrite = {
+ [ wtap_encaps.NULL ] = true,
+ [ wtap_encaps.ETHERNET ] = true,
+ [ wtap_encaps.PPP ] = true,
+ [ wtap_encaps.RAW_IP ] = true,
+ [ wtap_encaps.IEEE_802_11 ] = true,
+ [ wtap_encaps.MTP2 ] = true,
+ [ wtap_encaps.MTP3 ] = true,
+ -- etc., etc.
+}
+
+-- we can't reuse the variables we used in the reader, because this script might be used to both
+-- open a file for reading and write it out, at the same time, so we cerate another file_settings
+-- instance.
+-- set the file_settings for the little-endian version in magic_spells
+local function create_writer_file_settings()
+ dprint2("create_writer_file_settings called")
+ local t = magic_spells.swapped
+
+ local file_settings = new_settings()
+
+ -- the magic_values/spells table uses the same key names, so this is easy
+ for k,v in pairs(t) do
+ file_settings[k] = v
+ end
+
+ -- based on endianess, set the file_header and rec_header
+ -- and determine corrected_magic
+ if file_settings.endianess == ENC_BIG_ENDIAN then
+ file_settings.file_hdr_patt = '>' .. FILE_HEADER_PATT
+ file_settings.rec_hdr_patt = '>' .. file_settings.rec_hdr_patt
+ file_settings.corrected_magic = file_settings.magic
+ else
+ file_settings.file_hdr_patt = '<' .. FILE_HEADER_PATT
+ file_settings.rec_hdr_patt = '<' .. file_settings.rec_hdr_patt
+ local m = Struct.pack(">I4", file_settings.magic)
+ file_settings.corrected_magic = Struct.unpack("<I4", m)
+ end
+
+ file_settings.rec_hdr_len = Struct.size(file_settings.rec_hdr_patt)
+
+ return file_settings
+end
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- The can_write_encap() function is called by Wireshark when it wants to write out a file,
+-- and needs to see if this file writer can handle the packet types in the window.
+-- We need to return true if we can handle it, else false
+local function can_write_encap(encap)
+ dprint2("can_write_encap() called with encap=",encap)
+ return canwrite[encap] or false
+end
+
+local function write_open(file, capture)
+ dprint2("write_open() called")
+
+ local file_settings = create_writer_file_settings()
+
+ -- write out file header
+ local hdr = Struct.pack(file_settings.file_hdr_patt,
+ file_settings.corrected_magic,
+ file_settings.version_major,
+ file_settings.version_minor,
+ file_settings.timezone,
+ file_settings.sigfigs,
+ capture.snapshot_length,
+ wtap2pcap(capture.encap))
+
+ if not hdr then
+ dprint("write_open: error generating file header")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ dprint2("write_open generating:", Struct.tohex(hdr))
+
+ if not file:write(hdr) then
+ dprint("write_open: error writing file header to file")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ -- save settings
+ capture.private_table = file_settings
+
+ return true
+end
+
+local function write(file, capture, frame)
+ dprint2("write() called")
+
+ -- get file settings
+ local file_settings = capture.private_table
+ if not file_settings then
+ dprint("write() failed to get private table file settings")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ -- write out record header: time_sec, time_usec, capture_len, original_len
+
+ -- first get times
+ local nstime = frame.time
+
+ -- pcap format is in usecs, but wireshark's internal is nsecs
+ local nsecs = nstime.nsecs
+
+ if file_settings.time_precision == wtap_filetypes.TSPREC_USEC then
+ nsecs = nsecs / 1000
+ elseif file_settings.time_precision == wtap_filetypes.TSPREC_MSEC then
+ nsecs = nsecs / 1000000
+ end
+
+ local hdr = Struct.pack(file_settings.rec_hdr_patt,
+ nstime.secs,
+ nsecs,
+ frame.captured_length,
+ frame.original_length)
+
+ if not hdr then
+ dprint("write: error generating record header")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ if not file:write(hdr) then
+ dprint("write: error writing record header to file")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ -- we could write the packet data the same way, by getting frame.data and writing it out
+ -- but we can avoid copying those bytes into Lua by using the write_data() function
+ if not frame:write_data(file) then
+ dprint("write: error writing record data to file")
+ return false
+ end
+
+ return true
+end
+
+local function write_close(file, capture)
+ dprint2("write_close() called")
+ dprint2("Good night, and good luck")
+ return true
+end
+
+-- ok, so let's create another FileHandler object
+local fh2 = FileHandler.new("Lua-based PCAP writer", "lua_pcap2", "A Lua-based file writer for PCAP-type files","wms")
+
+-- set above functions to the FileHandler
+fh2.can_write_encap = can_write_encap
+fh2.write_open = write_open
+fh2.write = write
+fh2.write_close = write_close
+fh2.extensions = "pcap;cap" -- this is just a hint
+
+-- and finally, register the FileHandler!
+register_filehandler(fh2)
+
+dprint2("Second FileHandler registered")