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Nmap Development: Re: [PATCH] Don't require ".nse" be passed to --script

Re: [PATCH] Don't require ".nse" be passed to --script

From: Diman Todorov <diman.todorov_at_univie.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:41:46 +0100

On Nov 16, 2007, at 3:45 AM, Kris Katterjohn wrote:

> Hey everyone!
>
> I've attached a patch to allow passing only the script name, the
> filename without the ".nse" extension, to --script.
>
> I've been running multiple scripts, in different categories, and
> I've had to keep repetitively typing ".nse" on every filename...
> which I didn't like :)
>
> An example:
>
> --script bruteTelnet.nse,HTTPpasswd.nse,SQLInject.nse,robots.nse
>
> turns into
>
> --script bruteTelnet,HTTPpasswd,SQLInject,robots
>
> Not an *incredibly* dramatic difference, but I much prefer it :)
>
> And sometimes it seems a whole lot better when it's only 1 or 2
> scripts.
>
> All it does is try the passed argument (like "bruteTelnet"), and if
> it doesn't find that file it tries it with ".nse" appended to it,
> which it will find here.
>
> Please let me know what you think!

I am not sure, the idea may have its merits. What do others think?

The only problem I am seeing is that this patch is a bit on the ugly
side. I don't think that goto and that retried boolean are really
necessary :)

cheers,
Diman

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