Specifying Wireshark.app path in Preferences on MacOS does not work

[pstavirs]

This is because Ostinato expects the actual executable i.e. /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/Wireshark - but the file picker UI does not allow drilling down into an application bundle and the Preferences UI does not allow directly entering the full path

If user gives a .app as the path, Ostinato should use the plist.info to find the executable name and use the full path to that instead.

Workaround, tested on macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra):

The file picker uses the same shortcuts as the Finder, so Shift-Command-G opens a text entry field to enter a directory.

Then you can

• enter a path manually
• use right-click Paste to paste a path
• drag a directory from the Finder into the text entry

I prefer to clear the text entry, use the Finder to go into the Wireshark application bundle, then drag the Contents directory into the entry field and open that. After that I open the MacOS directory, then select Wireshark.app.

[pstavirs]

Another workaround - create a softlink to the actual executable inside the application bundle -

ln -s wireshark /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/Wireshark

and use the Preferences file picker UI to select the softlink

Nice finding. But I would swap the arguments, the last argument is the softlink.

Instead

ln -s wireshark /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/Wireshark

ln -s /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/Wireshark wireshark