User Guide

Lua Support in Wireshark
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11.13.2.8. info(...)
Will add a log entry with info severity
11.13.2.8.1. Arguments
... objects to be printed
11.13.2.9. debug(...)
Will add a log entry with debug severity
11.13.2.9.1. Arguments
... objects to be printed
11.13.2.10. loadfile(filename)
Lua's loadfile() has been modified so that if a file does not exist in the current directory it will look for
it in wireshark's user and system directories
11.13.2.10.1. Arguments
filename Name of the file to be loaded
11.13.2.11. dofile(filename)
Lua's dofile() has been modified so that if a file does not exist in the current directory it will look for it
in wireshark's user and system directories
11.13.2.11.1. Arguments
filename Name of the file to be run
11.13.2.12. persconffile_path([filename])
11.13.2.12.1. Arguments
filename (optional) A filename
11.13.2.12.2. Returns
The full pathname for a file in the personal configuration directory
11.13.2.13. datafile_path([filename])
11.13.2.13.1. Arguments
filename (optional) A filename
11.13.2.13.2. Returns
The full pathname for a file in wireshark's configuration directory