[Ethereal-users] binary capture

[Servando Garcia <servando@xxxxxxx>]

I am sorry to have to ask the same question again. I'll be as clear as 
possible this time to ensure that this does not happen again.
	I am in a computer networking class.  We are using ethereal to capture 
TCP packets off the school network. My job is to take a capture session 
and decode the session just like ethereal does. Point of fact to ensure 
that my program is correct, I am to compare my output to that of 
ethereal. In the display of ethereal the frame number is displayed, 
time , source, ............
I have to write a program to display the same output. My instructor 
told us in class to save the capture session in binary format then just 
convert binary to ascii. I have used the save option under the file 
menu and saved file type as libpcap. This does not save the file in 
binary format, when I use emacs/ textedit to view this file it is 
anything but binary.
	i still have plenty of time to do this project, now. I just don't want 
to get caught behind.

So after all that I guess I need to know how to save in binary or some 
other format that I can convert to ascii so as to create a display 
similar to that of ethereal.

As always thanks in advance


Servando Garcia