Function wrpcap

scapy/utils.py:1263–1282

Write a list of packets to a pcap file :param filename: the name of the file to write packets to, or an open, writable file-like object. The file descriptor will be closed at the end of the call, so do not use an object you do not want to close (e.g., running wrpcap(sys.

(filename,  # type: Union[IO[bytes], str]
           pkt,  # type: _PacketIterable
           *args,  # type: Any
           **kargs  # type: Any
           )

@conf.commands.register
def wrpcap(filename,  # type: Union[IO[bytes], str]
           pkt,  # type: _PacketIterable
           *args,  # type: Any
           **kargs  # type: Any
           ):
    # type: (...) -> None
    """Write a list of packets to a pcap file

    :param filename: the name of the file to write packets to, or an open,
        writable file-like object. The file descriptor will be
        closed at the end of the call, so do not use an object you
        do not want to close (e.g., running wrpcap(sys.stdout, [])
        in interactive mode will crash Scapy).
    :param gz: set to 1 to save a gzipped capture
    :param linktype: force linktype value
    :param endianness: "<" or ">", force endianness
    :param sync: do not bufferize writes to the capture file
    """
    with PcapWriter(filename, *args, **kargs) as fdesc:
        fdesc.write(pkt)


@conf.commands.register