The Ethereal File menu

This menu item brings up the file open dialog box that allows you to load a capture file for viewing. It is discussed in more detail in the section called The File Open dialog box.

This menu item closes the current capture. If you have not saved the capture, it is lost.

This menu item saves the current capture. If you have not set a default capture file name (perhaps with the -w <capfile> option), Ethereal pops up the Save Capture File As dialog box (which is discussed further in the section called The Save Capture File As dialog box).

	Note!
	If you have already saved the current capture, this menu will be greyed out.

	Note!
	You cannot save a live capture while it is in progress. You must stop the capture in order to save.

This menu item allows you to save the current capture file to whatever file you would like. It pops up the Save Capture File As dialog box (which is discussed further in the section called The Save Capture File As dialog box).

This menu item allows you to reload the current capture file. This menu item is no longer needed, and may be removed in future releases of Ethereal

This menu item allows you to print all the packets in the capture file. It pops up the Ethereal Print dialog box (which is discussed further in the section called Printing packets).

This menu item allows you to print the current packet.

This menu item allows you to quit from Ethereal. In the current release of Ethereal (0.9.7), Ethereal silently exits even if you have not saved the current capture file. This may be changed in a future release of Ethereal.