Configuration

mptcpanalyzer accepts few parameters that can be recorded in a configuration file. The file can be specified on the command line via the ‘–config’ (or ‘-c’) switch:

Editing config
$ mptcpanalyzer --config myconfig.cfg

By default, mptcpanalyzer will try to load the config file in the following order:

  1. $XDG_CACHE_HOME/mptcpanalyzer/config, then in
  2. $HOME/.config/mptcpanalyzer/config
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# this is an exhaustive example of a configuration for mptcpanalyzer
# mptcpanalyzer loads automatically the file in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mptcpanalyzer/config"

[DEFAULT]
# If you have several installations of tshark, then you can put the fullpath here
tshark_binary = tshark

# by default, look into  ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:.config}/mptcpanalyzer/config
cache = /tmp

# in case you want to export special options
wireshark_profile = default

# TODO add example
# style0 = 
# style0 = 
# style2 = 
# style3 =
  • delimiter is the csv separator used by tshark when exporting the pcap
  • styleX follow matplotlib conventions to set lines color/style
  • tshark_bin in case you want to run a specific tshark binary